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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Alabama volleyball opened its road weekend with a three-set sweep over Arkansas by set scores of 25-22, 25-12 and 25-19. The win is head coach Ed Allens 50th conference win at Alabama, reaching the mark faster than any coach in program history.Alabama (15-6, 4-4 SEC) hit .348 as a team, its highest mark in conference play, while limiting Arkansas (3-17, 1-7 SEC) to a .097 clip over three sets. Alabamas 44 kills were its most in a three-set match this season, led by Krystal Rivers with 25, just two shy of the entire Razorback offensive output. Rivers also tallied a season-high four service aces while Leah Lawrence added a pair as well, giving her at least one ace in five-straight matches and a total of 12 over that stretch. Shannon Mikesky earned her team-leading ninth double-double of the season as well, pacing the offense with 38 assists and totaling 10 digs on defense.Arkansas score the first two points of the opening set but Alabama responded with seven- straight points to take an early 7-2 lead. The Tide continued to widen its lead, pulling ahead by seven points at the media timeout, 15-8. The Razorbacks fought back within three points thanks to a 7-3 run following the media timeout but back-to-back points by Alabama on a kill by Brittany Thomas and an ace by Krystal Rivers made it 20-15 as Arkansas took its first timeout. The Razorbacks would draw within two points in the closing stretch but the Tide held steady to win, 25-22.Tied at 2-2 in set two, the Tide strung together five unanswered points capped by a Leah Lawrence service ace to make it 8-2 as Arkansas took a timeout. Later leading 9-4, the Tide again scored five-straight points to make it a double-digit lead, 14-4, at the Razorbacks second timeout. Up 18-12, Alabama closed out the set with seven-straight points, including back-to-back aces by Rivers at 23 and 24 points to win, 25-12.The two teams traded points evenly early on in a close third set, but Alabama started to pull away near the halfway point, eventually leading 15-11 at the media timeout. Kills by Thomas and Rivers after the media timeout forced Arkansas to quickly burn its own timeout with the score now 17-11. A 4-2 run by the Tide extended the lead to eight points at the Razorbacks second timeout, 21-13, but the Razorbacks fought back with a 5-1 run after the break to draw within four, 22-18. Arkansas would only score one more point in the remainder of the match however as Alabama held on to win, 25-19, and complete the sweep.Next up, Alabama travels to Oxford, Miss. to face Ole Miss (12-9, 1-7 SEC) on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 1:30 p.m. CT. 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A scoreless first half featured chances for both teams, but it wasnt until Dzsenifer Marozsans goal in the opening minutes of the second half that Germany did what neither the United States nor Brazil could manage in preceding games: force Sweden to play from behind.Germany then doubled its lead on a Swedish own goal, but Sweden quickly cut the deficit to a single goal to set up a tense finish over the remaining quarter of the game, right down to a scramble for the ball yards from the German goal in stoppage time.In the final game of coach Silvia Neids tenure, Germany joined the United States and Norway as the only countries to win both Olympic gold and World Cup titles in womens soccer.More to come after the medals are awarded, but here are some thoughts at the final whistle.1. Healthy Marozsan makes a differenceAn injured Marozsan was far less than 100 percent when Germany and the United States met in a World Cup semifinal a year ago. And the day before the gold-medal game, German coach Silvia Neid suggested Marozsan was the only potential health concern for her team.Well, Marozsan started this final and looked no worse for wear in the first half, as Germany slowly built offensive momentum. And she looked simply world class when a deflected cross fell to her feet in the 48th minute. A few yards outside the 18-yard box and unmarked, Marozsan took her time, picked her spot and curled a beautiful shot past the diving goalkeeper.Time and again, the United States and Brazil hammered away at the Swedish goal in this tournament, but barely any of the shots from a bevy of talented players actually went on frame. Maroszan made the most of her first opportunity. Then her free kick from 20 yards in the 61st minute caromed hard off the post and into Swedens Linda Sembrant, who scored an own goal on a failed clearance.Put it on frame and good things happen. Have a healthy Marozsan and good things happen.2. Sweden played for the goldIt took less than a minute for Sweden to earn a free kick near the German goal. The Swedes accumulated six first-half corner kicks. At times they had all 10 field players in the German end without the added enticement of a set piece. Really, they did. They even had an edgge in possession through the first 45 minutes.dddddddddddd All right, Sweden wasnt trying to pull off a Scandinavian ode to Barcelona. They played their way, which meant two organized and tightly synced lines of four on defense and a lot of long balls over the top. But they played.All the hubbub about Swedens defensive tactics in penalty-shootout wins against the United States and Brazil seemed forced anyway. And Swedens supposedly dire soccer didnt stop 70,000 people from showing up to watch them play for the gold medal. But Sweden played to win -- or lose -- the gold medal for 90 minutes Friday night.The Swedes almost paid for it on a couple of occasions in the first half, and it cost them when the back line found itself stretched on Marozsans opening goal and the sequence that led to the own goal. But it also gave them a chance to threaten Germanys goal -- an Olivia Schough misfire on a Lotta Schelin cross and Schelins missed shot on a counter were moments that will leave some Swedish fans to wonder what might have happened had their team scored first.3. Meanwhile, in Sao PauloA tournament that began so promisingly for the host ended in bitter disappointment. Brazil left without a medal of any kind after a 2-1 loss to Canada in the bronze-medal game played in Brazils largest city. By the time Brazils goalless drought ended late in the second half -- the team going without a goal for nearly seven consecutive hours of soccer during the tournament -- Canada already had a two-goal cushion. But if its a sad finish to what looked like a great Brazilian story, dont expect the Canadians to apologize for playing spoiler.Canada becomes the fifth country to medal in womens soccer in back-to-back Olympics, taking the sting out of its own mildly disappointing showing as host of last years World Cup. Although Christine Sinclair fittingly scored the eventual bronze-clincher against Brazil, Canadas feat is perhaps most impressive for how different the two medal-winning Canadian teams were.In the span of those years, coach John Herdman successfully set the table for the post-Sinclair era. Fridays starting lineup included current West Virginia standouts Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence. And they are all but old-timers compared to 18-year-old Jessie Fleming and 17-year-old Deanne Rose, who scored the opening goal in the game. Add in Janine Beckie, who didnt start Friday but had such a strong tournament, Rebecca Quinn, Nichelle Prince and others, and Canada can celebrate both another medal and what the future holds. ' ' '