Russia and Cuba, the favorites with six Olympic gold medals between them, each won quarterfinal matches, 3-0, yesterday.
Rapinoe, 27, a star midfielder for the United States women's soccer team, fit in well with Lyon: she scored four goals in 15 games for the club, including one each in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the Champions League as Lyon outscored its opponents by a combined 17-1.
He took a single wicket in the semifinal and the quarterfinal, too, each time the first — and thus most important — of the innings.
There are four strong American teams in the open series, in a field of 24, and if they survive two days of qualifying play, as is likely, they will have to play each other in the quarterfinal and semifinal stages.
Neither has a stadium with the 15,000 capacity demanded of quarterfinal venues, each has an identity that crosses the border -- Biarritz is Basque, Perpignan is Catalan -- and both see that heritage as a possible means of finding fresh fans and funds.
Kevin and Keith, a pair of talented seniors, each rallied in their quarterfinal matches to pull out stunning victories.
The top three from each of the three quarterfinal heats plus the next three-fastest times will move on to the semifinals at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, June 8-11.
The result means Mourinho has now been successful in each of his nine European quarterfinal ties.
Venus Williams defeated a higher-seeded player, Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 6-3, 6-2, and she and Serena are each one victory from a quarterfinal matchup.
Grant Catalino and Jeremy Sieverts led Maryland (10-7) witwotwo goals each in the first of two quarterfinal games at Hofstra University.
