The Atlanta

Classics played its first home game of the season at

DeKalb Memorial Stadium Saturday and got a spectacular

3-1 win over the Piedmont Spark.

Peachtree

City's Julie Augustyniak scored the first goal of the

game in the first minute on an assist by 1999 W-League

leading goal scorer Kerry Gragg.

Under the

blazing hot sun, the Classics managed to have over eight

shots on goal in the first half of the game. Goalkeeper

Sarah Crawford, making some spectacular saves, allowed

the Piedmont Spark to score only one goal the entire

game.

Classics

forward Deliah Arrington headed the ball into the back of

the net past the Sparks goalkeeper Shanna Caldwell,

scoring a goal in the sixth minute of the game on an

assist by Augustyniak. Still in the first half, Gragg

crossed the ball into the Sparks' net in the 28th minute

on an assist by Jennifer Rawlings. Rawlings also played

great defense in the win.

With Lynn

Nester replacing Sarah Crawford in goal for the second

half, Nester managed to help prevent any ball from going

past her. In a scoreless second half, the Classics

maintained their first win of the 2000 season.

Augustyniak

and Arrington of the Classics and Lynsey McLean of the

Piedmont Spark were named players of the game Saturday.

The Atlanta

Classics will take on the Charlotte Eagles Saturday, May

27 at Parkview High School at 7:30 p.m.

Following

the Classics win, the Atlanta Silverbacks won their third

game of the season 3-0 Saturday. At DeKalb Memorial

Stadium, in front of an overwhelmingly enthusiastic

crowd, the Silverbacks defeated the Tennessee Rhythm and

out-shot them 17-3.

Playing a

mostly offensive game, the Silverbacks succeeded in

gaining five more points in A-League standings, adding to

their ten points prior to Saturday's game for a total of

15 points, placing them in third place in the Atlantic

Conference side by side with the Charleston Battery.

Iggy Moleka

of Kinshasa, Zaire and former player for Florida

International University scored twice in the game, once

in the 30th minute and once in the 55th minute. He was

named player of the game. Near the end of the second

half, in the 83rd minute, Jamaican National Team star

Patrick Beech scored a goal against the Rhythm on an

assist by Josh Henderson.

The

Silverbacks will take on the Hershey Wildcats Saturday,

June 3 at 7:30 p.m. at DeKalb Memorial Stadium.