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CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES

COME ON!

Alicante won the LEB Gold Championship today which moves them into the top division, the ACB, in Spain where the top four teams play in the Euroleague. Reaching the ACB was a goal for the team for the past two years and one of the reasons they wanted Taylor to play for them.

They did it~

It was *such* an exciting game! Congratulations to Taylor and the team!

PLAYOFF WEBSITE

THERE IS A NEW WEBSITE IN SPAIN THAT WILL BE TELEVISING THE SEMI FINAL GAME ON SATURDAY AT 12:30 PM THAT HAS A LARGER SCREEN AND BETTER QUALITY...

at 12:30 go to: www.populartv.net

and click on the "Emision en Directo" tab button; it is yellow

If Lucentum Alicante win on Saturday; they will play the next day, on Sunday, at the same time, 12:30pm and it will be televised on the same website.

Good luck Taylor and Alicante!

Semi-Finals

Taylor's next game is vs. Los Barrios at a neutral court in Madrid for the semi-final game of the final four on Saturday, 5/30/09, at 12:30 pm Eastern time.

From Taylor's Dad:

Alicante won their 1/4 final playoffs by beating Ford Burgos in the third game, 84 - 57, and will play in the first semi-final game this Saturday to see which team advances to the championship game on Sunday, 5/31/09..

The playoff schedule is now on www.febtv.com (the same site where the games are viewed; simply scroll down...

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces.

Alicante is Back at Home!

Taylor's next game is back at home (the third and last 1/4 final game!) on Sunday, 5/24/09, at 1:30 pm Eastern time.

Alicante won the first game on Tuesday, lost last evening at Burgos by four points, and will play Sunday to see which team advances to the final four next weekend.

The playoff schedule is now on www.febtv.com (the same site where the games are viewed; simply scroll down...

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces.

Second Playoff Game!

Taylor's next game is at Ford Burgos (the second playoff game!) on

Friday, 5/22/09, at 3 pm Eastern time.

Alicante won the first game on Tuesday, and George, Taylor's Dad, was able to watch in person. Taylor had a great game - see below from Eurobasket website:

"LEB Gold Round: 1 (Quarter-Finals) - May 20, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)

Alicante - Burgos 89-69
Nice 20-point win by Alicante for 1-0 lead in the quarterfinals. Taylor Coppenrath (205-F-81, college: Vermont) this time stepped up for the hosts collecting 16 points and 5 rebounds. Diego Garcia was on fire in Burgos with 23 points"

The playoff schedule is now on www.febtv.com (the same site where the games are viewed; simply scroll down...

GOOOOOOOO TAYLOR!

Its Playoff Time!

Taylors next game is at home (the first playoff game!)

on Tuesday, 5/19/09, at 3 pm Eastern time.

From Taylor's Dad:

The regular season ended Friday with a win for Alicante (was in second place) and a loss by Valladolid (was in first place.) Therefore both teams have identical records, 25 - 9, but because Valladolid beat Alicante home and away, they are ranked ahead of Alicante, and advance automatically to the Euroleague division (ACB) having secured the #1 position in the regular season.

NOTE: In Spain there are four major divisions of professional basketball: ACB (where the Euroleague teams play from); LEB Gold (where Alicante is currently); LEB Silver, and LEB Bronze. At the end of every season the top two teams from each division move up a division, and the bottom two teams move down a division. Martin Klimes (who played at UVM with Taylor) plays on a professional team in the LEB Bronze division:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=3202

The remaining top teams, #2 through #9 enter the playoffs with Alicante having the top seed. The winner of the playoff series also advances to the Euroleague division (ACB) and that is the goal for Alicante.

The playoff schedule is now on www.febtv.com (the same site where the games are viewed; simply scroll down...

Good Luck Taylor! We'll be watching and routing for you guys!