Word: volleyer
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Reyes was not done yet though, as she put the Tigers back on top with a volley from the top of the box with only 1:15 left to send the game into overtime. The first 15-minute overtime period was uneventful until Costello’s chance for a game-winning goal to complete a hat trick of her own was thwarted by the Tiger keeper...
While the men serve ace after numbing ace, the women have a powerful game that still allows for some volley. CBS commentator and former player Mary Carillo says of a recent tournament, "They were playing a brand of tennis that I was totally unfamiliar with. The pounding was so concussive and the running back and forth so athletic--everything about that match was so much more ballistic than I could have scared up. I played another sport...
...final day as a player, at Wimbledon in 1999, stands like a doorway between his glorious past and his soiled present. Becker, who'd made his name serving and volleying, lost in straight sets in the fourth round to serve-and-volley specialist Pat Rafter. Becker knew he was done. He had liked sitting in the locker room during the rain delays that day, talking to older players back for seniors matches, but he felt removed from the whole scene, as if watching someone else complete his career. After losing he met with the press and began drinking. Barbara...
...same time announced a flurry of new initiatives, including customers-first.org a new website to help passengers get information on exactly what to expect if problems should arise. The airline lobby also called on the Bush Administration to speed up modernization of the air-traffic-control system. But that volley might not be enough: Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, for example, stands ready to reintroduce legislation on the Hill that would require airlines to improve customer service or face sanctions. "We're not calling for a constitutional right to fluffy pillows," says Wyden. "But we do want timely and accurate...
Since the vote, committee members who opposed the district administrators' proposal have faced a ferocious volley of criticism from parents who want to keep the selection process random at the high school...