U.S. Women Hold Court in 94-70 Win : Goodwill Games: In baseball, U.S. wins bronze, and Cuba gets the gold.

National pride took a beating when a bunch of United States collegians ran into the two best amateur basketball teams in the world.

Now it’s time for the United States to roll out its own powerhouse.

The U.S. women’s basketball team began its Goodwill Games tournament Tuesday night with a 94-70 victory over South Korea, just two weeks after winning its second consecutive world championship.

“I thought we were a little tight,” U.S. Coach Theresa Grentz said. “But I was pleased with our defensive pressure.”

The team features several veteran players, including one who has played professionally with the Harlem Globetrotters and in Europe--30-year-old co-captain Lynette Woodard.

The United States won the bronze medal in baseball with a 10-4 victory over Canada.

Jorge Fabregas had a single, double and triple, and Darren Bragg drove in three runs.

Cuba defeated Japan, 6-1, for the gold medal as Jorge Valdes pitched a four-hitter and Antonio Pacheco hit two home runs.

Cuba, winners of 19 of the last 22 world championships, hit four home runs, including three in a row in the seventh inning.

The other American team to find success was the men’s volleyball squad, which beat the Soviet Union, 8-15, 15-13, 17-16, 9-15, 15-6.

Super-heavyweight Larry Donald of Cincinnati stopped Wolfgang Haas of West Germany at 2:59 of the third round in boxing, while Edward Escobedo of McKinney, Tex,, was beaten, 5-0, by Vasile Dumitroaie of Romania.

U.S. featherweight champion Oscar de la Hoya of Los Angeles, 17, the youngest boxer in the tournament, stopped Lee Sang-Hun of South Korea at 2:55 of the third round.

But Edward Escobedo, the U.S. champion at 201, lost a three-round decision to Vasile Dumitroaie of Romania.

Ivan Robinson of Philadelphia, won a 4-1 decision over Kirkor Kirkorov of Bulgaria at 125 pounds.

In the light-middleweights, Paul Vaden of Puyallup, Wash., beat Alexander Kunzler of West Germany, 3-2. Chris Byrd of Flint, Mich., lost, 3-2, to Torsten Schmitz of East Germany.

The United States has a 16-8 record in three days of competition.

Lori Norwood of Bryan, Tex., won the women’s gold medal in the modern pentathlon with 5,288 points after a day in which she placed first in the two-kilometer run, second in equestrian and tied for ninth in the 200-meter swimming.

Second was Tatiana Chernetskaya of the Soviet Union, with 5,179 points. Kimberly Arata of Vandenberg, Calif., took the bronze with 5,130 points.

In men’s competition, Anatoli Starostin of the Soviet Union won the gold medal with 5,640.80 points. Rob Stull of the United States placed fifth with 5,342.35 points.

Gao Min of China won the women’s 3-meter springboard diving gold with 525.78 points. Kelly McCormick of Long Beach, was eighth, and Krista Wilson of Laguna Hills placed ninth.