Word: volleyed
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...were on top of the shots.” Clayton had nothing but praise for his teammate Chijoff-Evans’s level of play and focus throughout the tournament. “Alexei served huge and allowed me to return solid, and he gave me perfect volley opportunities. He went up the line when he should of, went cross court when he should of,” Clayton said. For Chijoff-Evans, it was all about focus. “Once you just look past your own well-being and look to just get the ball past the opponent...
...defender into the back of the net.The Crimson’s second goal came in the 73rd minute, when Hagner’s header beat Cornell freshman goalkeeper Kelly Murphy.Slightly over a minute later, Harvard sophomore forward Katherine Sheeleigh finished off a nice attacking move with a volleyed goal, the third of the match.The game’s first half saw the Crimson enjoy the majority of possession. The first few minutes were played almost entirely in Big Red territory, but Harvard was unable to test Murphy.Cornell picked up its play in the eighth minute, when junior forward Eva Dixon...
...played host to the Bulldogs (5-5-1, 0-2-0 Ivy) on a clear, windy day at Ohiri Field. Harvard dominated the run of play in the first half, taking the lead in the 34th minute when freshman forward Melanie Baskind’s skillful over-the shoulder volley split Yale’s back line and fell into the path of the speedy Sheeleigh. The sophomore saw her effort to slot the ball across the goal mouth deflect in for the game’s first goal, her second of the season.“I was just...
...With a salvo of new policy initiatives and a volley of contempt against his opponents, Brown gave Labour members a reason to cheer. But by that evening, the delegates' euphoria was ebbing once again, as they contemplated the scale of the recovery needed if Labour is to secure another term...
...Gibson's first interview with Palin proved wrong those who thought he would either offer up a volley of softballs or spring a name-the-heads-of-state quiz to try to gin up embarrassing moments. (Of course, the World News segment was on foreign policy, so it didn't provide much opportunity to get into hot-button campaign questions; he still has another day to bring up "lipstick on a pig" if he chooses to.) Instead, Gibson interviewed her - imagine this - the way you might interview a candidate for Vice President about whom people still know very little...