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Western Storm 140 for 2 (Taylor 78*) beat Southern Vipers 137 for 3 (Bates 57*) by eight wicketsScorecard International captains Stafanie Taylor and Heather Knight moved Western Storm a significant step closer to Finals Day in the Kia Super League at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton. Chasing 138 to win, the pair added 65 for the second wicket as the Storm won by eight wickets with 13 balls to spare.West Indies allrounder Taylor was once again the player of the match, with an unbeaten 78 off 51 balls. It is now three wins in four matches for these two sides, who qualified for the inaugural Finals Day on August 21 after Lancashire Thunders defeat to Yorkshire Diamonds later in the day.Batting first, the Vipers, who came into the game on the back of three successive victories, made a decent start courtesy of former England captain Charlotte Edwards and New Zealand skipper Suzie Bates. Each was dropped, on on 7 and 8 respectively, but they took advantage of some slipshod fielding from a Storm side led by England captain Knight.The pair reached 50 in the ninth over and carried on regardless as the Storm struggled to find an answer. It took Bates almost 10 overs to hit her first four, but when she did, off the bowling of Jodie Dibble, she struck two in as many balls.Edwards, who had ridden her luck, eventually picked out Anya Shrubshole, off the bowling of Knight, for 30, at 73 for 1, and though Bates continued to attack, the wicket certainly put a check on the Vipers progress. However, once Kiwi Sara McGlashan settled, the visitors added 37 for the second wicket, in exactly five overs.Bates struck a six over midwicket, having brought up her half-century with a sixth boundary four, and the pair took the total to 110 in the 16th over when Bates was trapped lbw by Knight, for 57 off 50 balls. McGlashan fell to Georgia Hennesseys medium pace at 126 for 3, thanks to a decent catch by Dibble at long leg, and one or two lusty blows later, the Vipers wound up their innings on 137 for 3.The Storm lost opener Rachel Priest, caught by Bates off the bowling of Tash Farrant for 0, at 10 for 1, but in Taylor and Knight, had two international players capable of winning any game.Taylor had done exactly that against Surrey Stars in Bristol earlier in the week, and the West Indies captain looked in decent touch again. 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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Alabama closed out its regular season with a 3-1 win against LSU, overcoming a 21-25 loss in the opening set to win three-straight sets by scores of 25-20, 25-19 and 25-18.Alabama (20-11, 9-9 SEC) ends its regular season with 20 wins, marking the third time in the last four seasons with at least 20 wins, the first such stretch in program history. Todays win marks the fourth-straight over LSU (9-20, 4-14 SEC) and gives the Crimson Tide six wins in its final seven matches of the season.Krystal Rivers led the way with 30 kills, pushing her school-record career total to 2,148, and also led the team with a .306 hitting percentage and earned 10 digs for her 10th double-double of the season. Brittany Thomas finished two kills shy of a double-double with eight kills and 12 digs along with a career-high six blocks. Natalie Murison led the team with 18 digs while Shannon Mikesky and Alexa Tomlak split setting duties with 18 and 12 digs, respectively.Alabama led 3-2 early in set one before LSU scored five unanswered points to pull ahead 7-3. The Tigers soon extended its lead to five points, forcing the Tide to take a timeout trailing 10-5. LSU eventually pulled ahead by seven, 13-6, and maintained the seven-point lead until Alabamas second timeout of the frame with the score 20-13. Later trailing 22-14, Alabama scored four-consecutive points to draw within four as LSU took its first timeout up 22-18. The Tigers maintained its four-point lead down the stretch, finishing off the set with a shallow serve that found the floor for an ace to win, 25-21.An early 4-1 lead by the Tide was trimmed to just one point by the Tigers to make it 5-4 before Alabama stretched back ahead with a 6-1 run to make it 11-5 and force an LLSU timeout.dddddddddddd The Tide continued to pull away in the middle of the set, eventually moving ahead 18-9 as the Tigers took its second timeout. LSU would draw as close as four points but Alabama would remain in front, eventually winning the set 25-20 to even the match at 1-1.Alabama scored five unanswered points to open the third set but LSU eventually fought back to tie the set at 9-9 and the Tide took a timeout two points later with the Tigers on top 11-9. Alabama wasnt down for long though, scoring five-straight points to retake the lead 14-11 as LSU took a timeout. The Tide continued its run with three unanswered points after the break to extend its lead to 17-11 and the Tigers burned its final timeout. The streak eventually stretched to 11-straight points, bringing the score to 20-11 before LSU earned a kill to make it 20-12. The Tigers continued the trim the deficit, forcing the Tide to take a late timeout leading 22-16. Alabama reached set point, 24-18, and won, 25-19, to take a 2-1 match lead.With LSU up 3-2 early in set four, Alabama scored five-straight points to swing the lead back in its favor, 7-3. The Tigers took its first timeout with the Tide leading 11-5 and its second with Alabama on top 17-9. The Tide took a double-digit lead at 19-9 and reached match point with an eight-point lead, 24-16. LSU scored two points to keep the match alive but Alabama eventually won it, 25-18, on a kill by Mahalia Swink to win the match, 3-1.Todays match concludes the 2016 regular season for Alabama. The NCAA Tournament field will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. CT live on ESPNU. ' ' '