Word: backhanded
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...captain Lindsey Wilkins, playing at No. 2, ground out a long first game against Amy Gross but lost it 9-7. Gross, powered by a vicious two-handed backhand, won the next two games 9-6, 9-1 to take the match victory...
...opening shift in which the Crimson manhandled the Tigers (6-13-1, 4-9-0) inside their own zone, Harvard’s second line forced a turnover just beyond the Princeton crease. Sophomore Ryan Maki corralled the loose puck, then dished to Steve Mandes, who tucked his backhand effort inside the right post a mere 37 seconds in, giving the Crimson a 1-0 lead...
After a Lindsay Weaver pass eluded sophomore Jennifer Sifers, Schroyer gathered the puck, swooped across the goal mouth from right to left, and beat Bears goalie Stacy Silverman on the near post with a backhand flip...
Sophomore Steve Mandes forced a turnover in the corner, then found linemate Ryan Maki perched in the slot. McKee turned aside his backhand effort, but the puck squirted free to pivot Kevin Du just inside the right circle...
Tennis hopeful Jamie Hunt, 16, felt he could not become a world-class junior player while attending a regular school. The international circuit has players on the road 50% of the time?and it's hard to focus on your backhand when you're worrying about being on time for homeroom. So in 2003 Hunt, who hones his ground strokes at Elite TNT Tennis Academy in April Sound, Texas, enrolled for academics in the $9,750-a-year University of Miami Online High School (UMOHS), a virtual school that caters to athletes. "The online school gives me the flexibility...