61.   The United States, as host team, made it past group play for a meeting with Brazil, the eventual champion.

62.   Then there was their four-game exit in the second round last year to eventual NBA champion San Antonio.

63.   There, she qualified for match play and beat four opponents in two days, before losing in the semifinals to eventual champion Rebecca Hudson.

64.   They had made it to the second round and lost by one goal to eventual champion Brazil.

65.   They did, of course, vanquishing Minnesota, Stanford and Florida before a five-point loss to eventual champion Connecticut in a riveting West Regional final.

66.   They then beat second-seeded Stanford and proceeded to knock off Florida before losing to eventual champion Connecticut.

67.   UConn was eliminated in the regional final by the eventual champion, Tennessee.

68.   Two weeks ago at the Buick Classic, Wiebe said, he gained confidence playing one round with Woods and one round with Sergio Garcia, the eventual champion.

69.   When the Knights made it to the national semifinals before losing to eventual champion Georgia Southern, Jefferson decided that the team should have rings.

70.   Philippoussis suffered a knee injury during his Wimbledon quarterfinal against eventual champion Pete Sampras, and retired early in the second set.