1.   Before Sunday, he had never finished a CART race at Long Beach in his two previous tries.

2.   Minnesota won its first round game last year after losing its first postseason outing its previous five tries....

3.   Press reports at the time said this rate was six times more efficient than previous tries at solar power.

4.   Rusedski had never played so well, having lost in the first round of the U.S. Open in three previous tries.

5.   She majored in history, a bad subject for her at Wimbledon, where she had accumulated all of two sets in five previous tries.

6.   So, after three previous tries at the trans-Atlantic record, Fossett was understandably pleased.

7.   The Gators faced a challenge -- playing a ranked team on the road -- that they had failed to overcome in seven previous tries.

8.   Zito had not saddled a Preakness winner in five previous tries, but Saturday he got the job done and he was embraced by Lukas.

9.   Baylor had never beaten Kansas in six previous tries.

10.   Chang had his problems against Reneberg, who has beaten him only once in six previous tries.