Melbourne Vixens will travel to Sydney to play NSW Swifts in Sundays trans-Tasman netball Australian conference elimination fin

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Melbourne Vixens will travel to Sydney to play NSW Swifts in Sundays trans-Tasman netball Australian conference elimination final after clinching third spot on Monday evening.The Vixens 66-53 win over Central Pulse in Wellington lifted them two points clear of West Coast Fever, who previously occupied third on percentage from Melbourne going into the final round.The winner of Sundays match at the Sydney Olympic Park Sport Centre will play Australian conference winners and defending champions Queensland Firebirds at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Monday July 18.Queensland started the final round behind NSW on percentage but claimed top spot with a 63-52 home win over Fever on Sunday, after the Swifts were held 59-59 at home by NZ conference winners Southern Steel on Saturday.Mondays loss ended any remote chance Pulse had of making the finals.Magic will host the Mystics in the New Zealand conference elimination final at Hamiltons Claudelands Arena next Sunday.The winner of that match will travel to Invercargills ILT Stadium Southland, the following Sunday to play the unbeaten Steel.The semi-finals will feature the two conference winners at home to the losers of the other nations conference final. 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Drivers still in contention for the Chase for the Sprint Cup probably dont want to see the hand theyve been dealt for the race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.They know that unless they have won either of the first two races of the quarterfinal round of 12 -- Jimmie Johnson won Charlotte, Kevin Harvick won Kansas -- they have no guarantees and dont necessarily control their own destinies to keep from being among the four eliminated.A win Sunday automatically advances a driver to the semifinal round of eight. The four winless drivers lowest in points dont advance.With drivers needing to rely on others for a good push and not to make a mistake to cause a big crash, drivers have less control on their ultimate finishes at Talladega than any other Chase race.But drivers who have had two good races in the round have at least some room to survive bad fortune.This is how the race Sunday stacks up:Matt Kenseth (third on Chase grid)Points: 29 points ahead of eighth/ninthClinch if he finishes: 28thOutlook: Only once in his past 10 Talladega races has Kenseth finished worse than 30th. His worst finish this year in restrictor-plate races was 28th. That would get him in. Hes in good shape.Kyle Busch (fourth)Points: 27 points ahead of eighth/ninthClinch if he finishes: 26thOutlook: Busch can look at recent restrictor-plate races -- a third and a pair of seconds -- and feel good. He can look at 2014 when he had what seemed like a comfortable 25-point cushion on eighth but then was tagged by Austin Dillon while riding around in the back and got eliminated. He probably cant forget 2014 -- he recently mentioned that he still hasnt gotten an apology from Dillon -- and has to be nervous.Carl Edwards (fifth)Points: 24 points ahead of eighth/ninthClinch if he finishes: 23rdOutlook: Edwards will want to make moves to run well and make sure he doesnt get involved in anyones mess -- or create a mess as he did in May. If he resists and just stays in a line, he might be better off.Kurt Busch (sixth)Points: 17 points ahead of eighth/ninthClinch if he finishes: 16thOutlook: He has battled his way to his Chase finishes, earning a finish either as good or better than his cars at the start of the race. The good thing for Busch is that he doesnt have any teammates on this list, so he could have lots oof help and get the push he needs to get into the Chase.ddddddddddddMartin Truex Jr. (seventh)Points: 13 points ahead of eighth/ninthClinch if he finishes: 12thOutlook: Truex nearly won the Daytona 500. But just as Busch has the benefit of having all his teammates focused on him getting into the Chase, Truex might not get as much help when it comes to the final laps at Talladega as all five Toyota drivers look to advance.Joey Logano (eighth)Points: 0 points ahead of ninth, 13 points behind seventhClinch if he finishes: Second if winner is not Dillon, Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, ElliottOutlook: Logano is the defending winner of the Talladega fall race, so he knows he can win it. But last year, he had no pressure having won the previous two races. This time, he has all the pressure.Austin Dillon (ninth)Points: 0 points behind eighth, 13 points behind seventhClinch if he finishesSecond if winner is not Logano, Hamlin, Keselowski, ElliottOutlook: He has top-10s in all three restrictor-plate races this year. If he earns another top-10, he will have a decent shot, assuming another one of the Chase drivers gets involved in the big one.Denny Hamlin (10th)Points: Six points behind eighth, 19 points behind seventhClinch if he finishes: FirstOutlook: Hamlin won the Daytona 500. Unfortunately, that car is still at Daytona as part of the track tour. Bitten by mechanical issues in the opening two Chase races of this round, Hamlin hopes the scales of racing luck balance out at Talladega.Brad Keselowski (11th)Points: Seven points behind eighth, 20 points behind seventhClinch if he finishes: FirstOutlook: Keselowski has won the last two restrictor-plate races. In 2014, he won in a must-win situation at Talladega. The law of averages would say he wont repeat that again. But the law of averages hasnt caught up with Harvick as far as clutch performances, and Keselowski can be just as clutch.Chase Elliott (12th)Points: 25 points behind eighth, 38 points behind seventhClinch if he finishes: FirstOutlook: Elliott needs to either win or run well and have lots of help. There would be no better time for him to earn his first win. He finished fifth at Talladega in May. ' ' '