Word: tournament
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when the Crimson plays its first game September 16 against Army in an Eastern League tournament, it is defense where Hafferty will be looking for the biggest improvement...
Dragomirescu and Minkus spent their vacations advancing to the doubles semifinals of the National Amateur Women's Championships. Dragomirescu also advanced to the finals of that tournament in the singles bracket...
...fall is not as much developmental [for the spring season] as I'd like because we have to go right away into tournaments," Krass said. "The Eastern Team Championships in October decide the region's representative to the national tournament. It's an intense fall season--we can get the player's games in shape, but no major adjustments can usually be made...
...national team though he was ready this year. After one of the team's goalies was injured, Kenney was asked to join the team for the Marlboro Cup tournament at the Meadowlands. He didn't see any action, but that didn't matter...
Beach-volleyball stars themselves were the ones who pulled their sport up from the tide line. Back in the 1970s, tournaments, such as they were, could offer top players no more than a free pair of swim trunks, dinner in a local restaurant and perhaps a date with the winner of the accompanying bikini contest. But in 1983 a group of players who believed in the game's potential formed the Association of Volleyball Professionals to fight for bigger purses and better promotions. The group, which numbers 250 members, went on strike during the 1984 World Championships in California...