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Word: overheading (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson then knotted the game at 3-all on a backpedaling putaway overhead by Chaikovsky ("It was the craziest shot") and a putaway volley by Roberts...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: An Unlikely Hero | 5/15/1979 | See Source »

...only that, he won, fighting off seven match points and putting away an incredible overhead at four-all in a third-set tiebreaker to drive his teammates into a season-capping fit of delirium...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: An Unlikely Hero | 5/15/1979 | See Source »

...fourth consecutive match point, Roberts followed his second serve with a deep backhand volley and a fully-extended overhead winner that Shaw called "very close" and Chaikovsky called "very...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: An Unlikely Hero | 5/15/1979 | See Source »

...serve (a slice, spot-picking variety), the compact groundstrokes, the volley and the overhead are all more than adequate. His approach shots are deadly, his court movement and quickness easily the best on the team...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Don Pompan: The Harvard Tennis Team's Lively Ace | 5/9/1979 | See Source »

With Harvard 4-5, and facing set point at 3-3, Redman netted an overhead of a deep Horne lob to tie the set 5-5. In a tie-breaker at the end of that set, the Crimson pair fell behind, 3-2, before running off three straight points, the last on a Kirsch put-away of a high Hudson volley. The pair took the second set more easily, 6-4, as Kirsch continued hitting overpowering overheads and repeatedly putting the ball away...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Yale Edges Netmen in New Englands | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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