Sentences with phrase «season victories over»

The Cornhuskers are far from the Top 25, let alone the top 10, and have been unimpressive of late after notching early season victories over major conference cupcakes in Wake Forest and USC.

Not exact matches

Under his coaching guidance, the Canes have gone 4 - 1 and capped off their season with a 29 - 24 victory over Pittsburgh.

But wherever we stand, Easter is the season where all Christians should join in remembering how Jesus Christ, the light of the world, won a victory over the forces of darkness by his resurrection from the dead.

The other Tigers, however, do have that win over the Tide, and with a victory over Mizzou, would close out the season with back - to - back triumphs over top - five teams.

Indiana was expected to be an also - ran this season, projected by Bovada during the preseason with an over / under of just 31 1/2 victories.

With the quarterfinal victory, the Buckeyes move one step closer to the Big Ten Tournament title, and perhaps bragging rights over Michigan State and Michigan, who formed a three - way tie for the regular season title.

The gaffer looked back to the Hammers» victory over the Gunners earlier this season and evaluated his team's confidence going into the game.....

Here's how high Lewis has taken it this season: He leads the league with 1,045 rushing yards, and his 68 yards in a 24 - 17 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday helped the Ravens improve their record to 5 - 3, best in the AFC North.

But after finishing the season with four straight wins, including a blowout victory over archrival Florida, the Noles» body of work is a good one.

The Swiss forward scored 1:07 into overtime Tuesday night, ripping his 11th goal of the season shortside over Jonathan Bernier's glove to give the Vancouver Canucks a 4 - 3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.

After last night's Capital One Cup victory over Leyton Orient where the 26 - year - old made his first start of the season, Bruce said:

Hobey Baker Award winner Will Butcher and Swedish import Jesper Bratt stole a lot of the spotlight from Hischier in a 4 - 1 season - opening victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.

They had to wait until the final day of the season to secure promotion, but an impressive and composed 4 - 1 victory over UCLAN was enough to seal the league title.

Our Netball 1st team have continued their impressive season, and following a 47 - 36 victory over Lancaster, they have been crowned champions of Northern 2A.

This group is not the type to believe in «morale victories» but they really did play pretty well and if not for just being over matched inside they'd likely be looking at W # 1 this season.

Last week saw the team kick off this season's campaign as they mean to go on — coming from behind away at the University of Leeds to take a 2 — 1 victory over the opposition.

His 2017 Formula 2 campaign may have been his debut year in the championship, but that didn't faze his ability or stifle his progress as he comfortably won the title with seven victories over the season - in fact, he was unlucky to win more.

Manchester City striker John Guidetti was crucial to Sweden's dramatic play - off victory over France and is having a blinding season on loan with Celtic in the SPL.

On Wednesday, our men's rugby league 1st team proved that the city was ours as they stormed ahead to their first win of the season in the Northern 1A — a 24 — 6 victory over our local rivals, UoM.

Villa's problems have been well documented this season, but following their victory over Crystal Palace this week they've been given renewed hope of a fightback over the second half of the season.

I just hope the gunners can go from strength to strength throughout the season, starting with victory over hull city at the weekend, and following it up with more wins, but as i said consistency is the key towards achieving this!

Van Gaal has opted to use the 3 -5-2 system that was so effectively employed by his Netherlands side at the World Cup since he took over at Old Trafford, with Red Devils stars Daley Blind and Robin Van Persie thriving particularly in the 5 - 1 victory over Spain, but it has not been quite as effective in the Premier League and United's best winning run this season actually came in the midst of a brief switch to a 4 -4-2 diamond system.

A 2 - 1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday has deflected attention away from Alan Pardew for the time being, but if he is relying on strikers of the calibre of this Frenchman it could be a long season.

The victory put them a game over.500 at the midway point of their season and kept them in the hunt for a playoff berth in the East.

The reigning MVP also broke his own record for most three - pointers in a season in this victory, which was one of three wins over the Thunder this year.

But Gerrard — who will leave the club for LA Galaxy at the end of the season — has not been overly missed it seems, as Rodgers's side have extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League, which started in mid-December, and have moved into Champions League qualification contention after Sunday's victory over Manchester City.

Having fallen to defeats to Manchester City, Crystal Palace and Everton, and having shipped 2 - 2 in an opening - weekend draw to Swansea City, it appeared as though the Blues got their season back on track with back - to - back victories over Maccabi Tel - Aviv and Arsenal.

Reading have won just one of their nine home games this season, a 2 - 1 victory over Everton in November.

After a few years where he was widely considered to be the best winger in the world â $ «a period which took in a Championsâ $ ™ League victory â $ «many believed Giggs was on his way down after a run of poor form over the last couple of seasons.

Cech was handed just his fifth Premier League start this season in Wednesday night's 3 - 1 victory over Leicester City, as a result of a hip injury to no. 1 stopper Courtois.

Mississippi State, meanwhile, couldn't figure out how to neutralize Waters, whose 14 points and 10 assists helped LSU close out its regular season with a 78 - 57 victory over the Bulldogs on Saturday.

De Bruyne's reputation has enhanced significantly since leaving Stamford Bridge in January 2014 and was in superb form last season as he registered 20 assists in the Bundesliga and also netted in Die Wolfe's DFB - Pokal final victory over Borussia Dortmund.

They capped an 11 - win campaign with a decisive victory over C - USA West champ UNT in the Superdome early on Saturday, and they will finish the season in the S&P + top 40.

The Guardiola road show heads to the Hawthorns for a second time this season, after his side secured a 2 - 1 victory in the EFL Cup just over a month ago.

Khedira spent much of the 2013/14 season sidelined with a serious knee injury, but the former Stuttgart man returned in time to play some part in the Champions League final victory over Atletico Madrid and get himself ready for Low's Germany squad.

Also, the player has shown this season that he can be a very effective squad player as well, coming off the bench numerous times to great affect, the latest occasion being the FA Cup final victory over Chelsea.

During the Tigers» championship season of 1968, he caught 155 of their 162 regular - season games and all seven in their World Series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Man United's form has been in - and - out all season, and when they lost to lowly West Brom in their last home game to make three defeats in a row their season looked finished, but they struggled through to victory over Crystal Palace last week to hold on to their hopes of a Top Three finish.

Malaga will hope to continue an impressive unbeaten Champions home record this season to reach the quarters and repeat the victories over AC Milan and Zenit St Petersburg in the group stage.

The former England man has enjoyed a renaissance over the past 18 - months and is currently leading Chelsea to another Premier League victory after missing out last season.

Jay Cutler's three touchdown passes lifted Chicago to victory over Minnesota, but they did little to make fans forget about what a miserable season it's been.

Milwaukee went into Chicago and extended their season with a 94 - 88 victory over the Bulls on Monday night in Game 5.

In fact, Asturias native Enrique supported Sporting as a boy, and was merely celebrating their La Liga survival, with the Rojiblancos having confirmed their place among the elite with a 2 - 0 victory over high - flying Villarreal on the final day of the season.

The France international has been in superb form in Ligue 1 this season, and netted a stunning goal in last night's victory over title favourites Paris Saint - Germain.

Our best displays in the past few seasons — the 5 - 2 victory over (eventual champions) Leicester, the 3 - 0 demolitions of Chelsea and Manchester United — have been when we've played with the pacy duo of Walcott and Sanchez up front.

In addition, the team will need to erase memories of last year's 9 - 3 season, which, until the 22 - 20 Alamo Bowl victory over Michigan, never fulfilled the high hopes with which it began.

Sanchez, who signed from La Liga giants Barcelona last summer, was in sensational form the Gunners last season and he scored 25 goals in all competitions, including a brilliant effort in the FA Cup victory over Aston Villa last month.

Despite enduring a difficult first season at White Hart Lane, Soldado netted a wonderful first - half leveller in his team's 2 - 1 victory over AEL Limassol last Thursday, suggesting that his form is starting to return.

If it was Wenger's second season in charge, I would be over the moon for a top four finish and F.A cup victories, but the fact is we have seen the same old nonsense happen for the last decade.

The Dutch coach has overseen a fine run of results, cumulating in a 1 - 0 victory over Arsenal on Sunday, but the machinations continue at Stamford Bridge as the Pensioners seek out a long - term successor for Mourinho, and look to identify the ideal candidate to replace Hiddink at the season's end.