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13.04.2019 04:29
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HOUSTON -- In one of the most bizarre scenarios imaginable at a major sporting event, top-ranked Notre Dame and Louisiana-Lafayette switched venues in the middle of their game due to a power outage.The teams were playing at the Campbell Center when a power outage caused a long delay in the second quarter on Tuesday night. After calling around to local schools, the rest of the contest was played at Rice University, about 30 minutes away from the original venue. The teams bused over to Rice and picked up where they left off after a 2-hour, 35-minute delay. Notre Dame led 38-17 with 2:38 left in the second quarter.The game was stopped when the lights in the arena shut off and a couple flashes of light could be seen behind loading dock doors in the corner of the arena. Emergency lights came on in the arena soon after.Both teams were sent to the locker rooms with several pops and flashes heard and seen intermittently.Rices arena was available as the womens team played Grand Canyon on Tuesday night. The Notre Dame game resumed at 10:11 p.m. with about 30 friends and family in attendance. The teams skipped halftime, taking just a brief break between the second and third quarters.The game was a homecoming for Notre Dame junior forward Brianna Turner, who played high school basketball south of Houston. McGraw had tried to get some of the local schools to play the Irish, but couldnt pull it off, forcing the Hall of Fame coach to play a neutral site game against the Ragin Cajuns.The team had dinner at Turners house Monday night. Wholesale China Stitched Jerseys . Malkin got tangled up with Detroits Luke Glendening early in the third period and his left skate took the brunt of collision with the boards behind Pittsburghs net. NFL Jerseys Sale .ca NFL Power Rankings, overtaking the Denver Broncos and remaining ahead of NFC competition San Francisco, Carolina and New Orleans. http://www.jerseyswholesalesale.com/ . Oyama had six birdies and two bogeys at Kintetsu Kashikojima in the event also sanctioned by the Japan LPGA Tour. "I have been having this neck ache thats been affecting my golf recently," Oyama said. Wholesale Jerseys . The 18-year-old American had five birdies in her bogey-free round for a 17-under total of 196. Lee held the overnight lead but mixed three birdies with two bogeys for a 70. Cheap Jerseys . The 25-year-old Japanese star has officially been posted by his club team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles. The Matildas Olympic campaign is over, snuffed out in a dramatic quarterfinal penalty shootout with Brazil.The host nation defeated Australia 7-6 on penalties after the two sides were nil-all after extra time in Belo Horizonte on Friday night.The Matildas had a chance to win the match during the shootout when Marta missed Brazils fifth kick, but Katrina Gorrys reply was saved.Australia defender Alanna Kennedy was left distraught after missing the deciding kick, unable to put her shot past goalkeeper Barbara.It was sweet retribution for the host nation, so cruelly ejected by Australia in the round of 16 at last years Womens World Cup.For the Matildas, it was a heartbreaking end to a bold bid to bring home Australias first Olympic football medal.Brazil, led by the legendary Marta, tested Australia throughout a tense and absorbing 120 minutes.The host nation had the edge in a frenetic first half rife with turnovers, as Australia held their own but struggled to string quality passes together.Steph Catley came closeest early with a cross that very nearly swung into the top right corner of goal.ddddddddddddBut her involvement was short-lived, the star left-back succumbing to a leg injury and replaced by Chloe Logarzo moments later.It forced midfield linchpin Elise Kellond-Knight to shift to left-back, leaving her teammates to deal with the audacious Formiga, who was quickly becoming a thorn in Australias defence.But whenever it was pierced, veteran custodian Lydia Williams had her wits about her, her standout moments a sweeping dive to deny Debinha and a sensational goal-line save to stop Andressa Alves toeing in minutes from fulltime. In the second half of extra time and with everything on the line, Alves failed to put away a free-kick after Logarzos handball.Brazil will face Sweden in a semifinal on Tuesday after the Scandinavians defeated the United States on penalties in their quarterfinal. ' ' ' |
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