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The Blast has added a valuable and unexpected piece to its 2010-11 roster with the signing of former Philadelphia KiXX standout defender Pat Morris. In 11 seasons with the KiXX, Morris earned Major Indoor Soccer League Defender of the Year honors in 2005 and 2009 and played a key role on two league championship teams. When the KiXX recently folded operations for the coming MISL season, they opened the door for the Blast to add Morris, who has long been a nemesis. The announcement came at a news conference Monday afternoon at 1st Mariner Bank Tower in Canton.

The Blast has secured second place in the Major Indoor Soccer League regular-season standings and will play a home-and-home semifinal series against Monterrey La RaZa on March 26 in Mexico and March 29 at 7:35 p.m. at 1st Mariner Arena. If the series is tied at the completion of the second game, the teams will play a golden-goal mini game to determine the winner. The Milwaukee Wave clinched the regular-season title Sunday with a 17-12 victory over Monterrey, and La RaZa has secured third place.

Tonight's Blast game Rockford Rampage (6-11) at Blast (10-7) Time: 7:35 Video: B2TV.com Outlook: The Blast made it five straight with Saturday's 12-11 win over Monterrey, gaining valuable breathing room in second place of the Major Indoor Soccer League and moving just one game behind the Milwaukee Wave (11-6) with three games to play. While the Blast has turned things around (it had lost its previous five games), the Rampage has taken a nose dive into last place with seven straight defeats.

Today's Blast Game Blast (7-7) at Philadelphia KiXX (5-7) Time: 4:05 Video: B2TV.com Outlook: The Blast righted the ship with two wins last weekend - the second a 9-0 shutout at Rockford last Sunday - to end a five-game slide, reach the .500 mark and take over third place in the Major Indoor Soccer League. Today provides a chance to get further separation against the fourth-place KiXX, who are coming off a 15-10 loss to the first-place Milwaukee Wave last week.

Forward Marco Terminesi , the leading scorer for the Major Indoor Soccer League's Milwaukee Wave, has been placed on injured reserve as he undergoes an examination for what doctors believe could be a brain tumor. Terminesi, the league's third-leading scorer, has missed five of the Wave's past six games with nausea, headaches and symptoms of vertigo. In a letter to teammates Monday, Terminesi, 25, said doctors believe he has a tumor on the pineal gland in the center of the brain. The type of tumor and its status is unclear, he said.

Milwaukee Wave (6-6) at Blast (5-5) Time:: 7:35 Video:: B2TV.com Outlook:: The longtime rival Wave has exposed a chink in the Blast's armor this season, winning the first three meetings, including a 13-10 victory in Milwaukee last Saturday. Tonight will be the Blast's last chance to beat the Wave during the regular season as the home team tries to end a three-game slide and move up in the Major Indoor Soccer League standings. Veteran Giuliano Celenza scored two goals in last weekend's loss, but it was not enough to offset a five-point performance from league scoring leader Marco Terminisi, who had a 3-point goal and 2-pointer in the Wave's win to give him 35 points this season.

The Milwaukee Wave defeated the Blast, 13-10, Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Arena, bringing the Blast's scoreless streak to three straight games. The win moves the Wave into a tie with the Rockford Rampage for first place in the Major Indoor Soccer League, and the Blast (5-5) fall into third place, a half game behind. The Blast and Wave meet again Saturday at 1st Mariner Arena. Despite an early 6-2 lead, the Blast fell behind 13-8 in the fourth quarter and was unable to battle back. Giuliano Celenza led the Blast with two goals, including the late goal that made it 13-10, but MISL leading scorer Marco Terminesi paced the Wave with a 3-point goal and a 2-pointer to clinch the victory.

College basketball Two Georgetown women's players suspended Two reserve players for the No. 19 Georgetown women's team were suspended for Saturday's 74-65 win over visiting DePaul for their roles in a pre-game skirmish. The school did not say which players were punished, but a check of the official score book before the game indicated that sophomore forward Tia McBride and senior guard Kenya Kirkland were not listed as eligible for the game. McBride, who had played in each of the Hoyas' previous 18 games, averages 2.3 points, and Kirkland, a team captain who had played in 17 games, averages one point.