Word: second
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...have a bad habit of not running any offense, just stalling for twenty seconds,” Magnarelli said. “In the second overtime, we got the ball down low to Keith, and he got two or three quick buckets...
Crimson defensive lapses had allowed the Tribe to claw its way back from a 13-point deficit during regulation. William & Mary had 18 attempts at the line in the second half and seized a 14-2 advantage in second-chance points...
...picked up the slack with her delivery of Camille Saint-Saen’s popular “Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor.” The solo piano passage that opens the piece—whose lack of a conventional orchestral prologue or a customarily slow second movement deviates significantly from the standard concerto structure—calls a Bach organ fantasy to mind. Sweeping broken arpeggios paired with a vibrant treatment of melody distinguished de la Salle’s delivery, though an enthusiastic orchestral accompaniment sometimes overpowered piano chords that were already slightly lacking...
...second movement, a humorous scherzando with embellishments crisp enough to make Mendelssohn—the master of this so-called fairy music—proud, benefited from a feathery orchestral texture and methodically precise fingerwork on de la Salle’s part. A syncopated waltz transitioned into a breakneck Presto in the third movement. Soloist and ensemble approached the closing tarantella with a startling recklessness that Luisi impressively translated into exhilaration...
...teams held each other scoreless for the rest of the first quarter, but Penn struck again in the opening minutes of the second. The Quakers blocked a punt by senior Thomas Hull, giving them excellent field position on the Harvard 29-yard line. Olson worked his way up the field, eventually running the ball in himself from the one to give Penn a 14-0 lead...