Word: sudden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...timely plays by a pair of Harvard veterans also saved and sealed the win for the Crimson. Junior forward Beth Zotter was in the right place at the right time to score the game-winning goal in the game's 110th minute, 4:30 into the second sudden death overtime period. But Zotter may never have found herself in that position if not for an outstanding defensive play by senior back Ashley Marynick late in the second half of regulation...
Harvard had no intention of allowing the game to reach overtime, but neither did it take the necessary steps to avoid sudden death. The Crimson was clearly the more talented team, but it allowed Columbia to direct the tone for much of the match. Harvard was unable to control the ball effectively or play in its typical style, characterized by composure and crisp passing...
Central Connecticut State nearly stole the game with two minutes left in the second sudden death overtime when senior Pat McCann eluded two Crimson defenders and had a 30-yard breakaway against Dupuis. But the senior goalie charged and closed up McCann's shooting angle for his sixth and final save of the game...
...sudden change threw evacuation plans into chaos. Most people waited until morning to evacuate, and did so in a vast crush of cars. Road construction further slowed progress. By morning the scene along Interstate 10 outside Pensacola was like something from a grade-B disaster film. Jarrell estimates 10,000 people were stranded on the highways, listening to ever more urgent broadcasts on their radios. Some drivers abandoned their cars and fled for high ground...
...still believing in a faith, so there's no blame for them," he says. "Their children died, and they allowed it to happen because of a belief that they still have. That takes away the blame. It's only when you no longer have that belief that all the sudden it comes to you: How could I ever have done that...