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Helen Housby hopes the Manchester Thunder can strike an early psychological blow against title rivals Surrey Storm in Mondays Vitality Superleague match.The Thunder strengthened their place at the top of the table with Saturdays win over Hertfordshire Mavericks and will next face reigning champions Surrey in Manchester, live on Sky Sports.After ending Hertfordshires unbeaten record, Housby admits the Thunder can plant a few doubts in the Surrey side, who were beaten for a second time this season against Loughborough over the weekend, if they extend their five-game winning start to the season. Thunder clear at the top Thunder beat Mavericks to maintain 100% record It could instill a lot of confidence if we could come out with a victory, the England shooter told Sky Sports.For them, if we were to take the victory, it would make them question themselves. Likewise, if they were to beat us, we would be questioning ourselves for the next time that we would play them.Yes I do think it would make a big difference. This is quite early on in the season, weve still got them to play again before the semi-finals, but I think it is good to lay down a marker and see where we are at against their abilities. We look back to 2014s Superleague final between Manchester Thunder and Surrey Storm as Helen Housby won the game in dramatic fashion Australian Dan Ryan took charge of Manchester in pre-season and has introduced a five strong leadership team, with three vice-captains.Housby has welcomed this new approach and believes Ryan has inspired a sense of togetherness in the squad.Anybody who knows Dans personality know how passionate he is and how funny he is as well, said Housby.Hes come over from Australia, with the Australian style of play, and has really instilled a lot of belief in us and has done so well to merge the different styles that weve got in the team. Housby on Clarke decision England ace backs Clarke over Aussie move Weve got a lot of England girls, weve got a Kiwi and weve got a Jamaican, so it could be quite difficult to merge all those styles together and get a team to come out firing, but hes done it so well. We love playing for him.The Thunder are playing in their first televised fixture since defeating Team Northumbria on Super Saturday and Housby believes the watching audience will enjoy a thrilling fixture.She said: It should be a great game and anybody who has never watched netball before, its very fast-paced - I can say that from experience, and it should be a really good contest.Watch Thunders bid to maintain their 100 per cent record when they face Surrey Storm live on Sky Sports 3 at 7.30pm on Monday.Also See:Thunder master MavericksWATCH: Housbys matchwinning momentVitality Superleague fixturesTableCheap Nmd Australia .Y. - New Orleans forward Anthony Davis was chosen Friday to replace the injured Kobe Bryant in the NBA All-Star game that will be played in his home city. Adidas Nmd Cheap Australia . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "I just think, right now, the acquisition cost just doesnt work for us right now. I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue. http://www.cheapnmdaustralia.com/ .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center. Wholesale Adidas Nmd .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. Adidas Nmd Australia . Cote was eligible to become a free agent Feb. 15. Cote helped running back Jon Cornish run for a league-high 1,813 rushing yards en route to being named the leagues most outstanding player.NEW YORK -- Brian Dozier had just struck out on three pitches against Jerry Blevins, ending the 95th defeat in a Twins season that could become the franchises worst since it arrived in Minnesota more than six decades ago.Losses approaching a hundred, Dozier said. Thats not good.Gabriel Ynoa struck out eight over 4 2/3 innings in his first major league start, Blevins got a four-out save and the New York Mets completed a three-game sweep with a 3-2 victory Sunday.A big league-worst 55-95, Minnesota was swept in a series for the 14th time this season and has lost seven straight games against the Mets. The franchises poorest record since moving to Minnesota for the 1961 season was 60-102 in 1982. This years losses could be the most for the team since the 1949 Washington Senators went 50-104.Were just trying to play the best we can as hard as we can until the last out is made in a couple of weeks, manager Paul Molitor said. Were a little bit beat up. Were having to run some people out there. We dont have the great depth that we maybe like to have in September, but thats just kind of where we are.Michael Conforto drove in two runs with a first-inning, opposite-field single to left off Kyle Gibson (6-10), and rookie T.J. Rivera added a solo home run in the third. Gibson gave up three runs and seven hits in five-plus innings.It was frustrating to put our team in that kind of hole there in the first inning against a contending team, Gibson said.All the losses have left the Twins battling to keep a positive approach.I think theres been times when weve gotten pretty down on ourselves and allowed it to affect us, Gibson said. I think thats when you see the 10- and 12-game losing stretches, and there were 15 games where we were not playing too well.Ynoa breezed through the Twins, except inn the second.dddddddddddd Minnesota loaded the bases with one out, John Ryan Murphy hit a sacrifice fly and Gibson grounded out.Mets manager Terry Collins replaced Ynoa with Josh Edgin after Dozier singled with two outs in the fifth, extending his hitting streak to a career-high 22 games. The Twins loaded the bases with two outs before Erik Goeddel (2-1) struck out Kennys Vargas.Vargas homered in the eighth against Fernando Salas, a drive off the Wise billboard above the bullpens, and Blevins retired pinch-hitter Eduardo Escobar on a popup to strand Robbie Grossman at third in the eighth.Blevins struck out Murphy starting the ninth, then got pinch-hitter Joe Mauer to pop out. After a mound visit by pitching coach Dan Warthen, Blevins threw a pair of called strikes to Dozier and got him to swing over a curveball in the dirt.Grossman tied his career high for hits with four singles, but it wasnt enough.I think at the end of the day, you look up and were the worst team in baseball, Dozier said. Thats no good.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: LF Eddie Rosario didnt play after hurting his left thumb while diving into first base Saturday. Molitor said an X-ray was not conclusive due to swelling, and an additional scan will take place Monday, after the team returns home. ... C Kurt Suzuki was rested defensively for the second straight day after taking a foul off the mask Friday, two days after a foul caused a cut that needed five stitches. He pinch hit and struck out.UP NEXTTwins: LHP Hector Santiago (12-8) is to start Tuesdays series opener against visiting Detroit after Minnesota decided to skip RHP Tyler Duffey. Santiago is 2-0 in his last four starts with a 1.80 ERA. ' ' '