Sentence examples for first taste of tournament from inspiring English sources

In his six seasons, Lickliter gave Butler its first taste of tournament success.

The World Cup was his first taste of tournament football, up until now he has been a club manager and it is a very different beast.

Facing the top three nations in the world twice over an eight-week period will not be an easy task for the eighth-ranked Argentina, which is getting its first taste of tournament competition outside the Rugby World Cup.

However, the Arsenal man made an impression in his first taste of tournament football as he scored a second-half equaliser before setting up Welbeck for his winner against Sweden.

In Mexico, a team of rookie players hoping to earn contracts get their first taste of tournament basketball, while veterans of the "mercenary" world chase a payday.

Rob Burrow and Liam Farrell got their first taste of the tournament off the bench.

Austria's matches against Hungary on Tuesday and then against Portugal and Iceland will be a first taste of a major tournament for most of the squad.

In a game as critical as a quarterfinal matchup in the N.C.A.A.'s, two players notched four goals midfielder Katie Schwarzmann, who is a finalist for the coveted Tewaaraton Trophy, and attacker Brooke Griffin, who is getting her first taste of the N.C.A.A. tournament after sitting out last year's post-season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

Adams had been the first English female boxer to win a medal at a major tournament when she won European silver in 2007, and has since collected two silvers at world level, but this was her first taste of gold in a major tournament.

We've spent $40,000 over the past two years on upgrades on the fields". Craig Gropper, a team parent and assistant coach for the La Cañada Bronco-12 squad, got his first taste of the Summer Smash and tournament baseball this year.

"The CRC was really my first taste of a high-level, big rugby tournament," says Hughes, who won the title with Dartmouth first time out and played the event twice more.