Before
Meanings and phrases
adv.
- earlier in time; previously; earlier
- at or in the front; ahead; in front
n.
- income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted; an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts); EBITDA
n.
- a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration
adv.
- before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born; BC; B.C.
adv.
- in the near future; soon; shortly; presently
v.
- be the predecessor of; precede
n.
- the right to equal protection of the laws
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- Yam Tuan Radin ruled for 30 years before he died.
- The marriage lasted two years before they divorced.
- The charge lasted only 2 years before disbanding.
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- He spent ten years in Italy before moving to London.
- before moving to study with Joseph Mariano at Eastman.
- He lived here before moving to study in Saint Petersburg.
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- 50" on 18 July, before returning to Midway Island.
- He retired in 1862 before returning to England.
- He spent 18 months there before returning to Singapore.
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- Three days before the official release date, M.I.A.
- His death came 17 days before his 50th birthday.
- He had announced his retirement just ten days before.
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- The garden was restored just before the year 2000.
- Von Herling leaves just before Altamont arrives.
- The service module was discarded just before reentry.
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- The branch opened shortly before 20 December 1868.
- He held a synod of his clergy shortly before 1066.
- ), was buried here: both died shortly before 1369.
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- He was an agriculturist before joining politics.
- in 2016, before joining Persiraja Banda Aceh in 2017.
- He spent four seasons there before joining Lokomotiv.
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- Walmart had opened it doors there the year before.
- He was hired a year before the show went on the air.
- It was one year before the Japanese release.
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- She worked as a secretary before becoming an artist.
- He joined the police service before becoming an actor.
- He played two seasons in the CFL before becoming a coach.
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- He died in 1874 a few months before reaching age 85.
- George W. Bush was in office eight months before 9/11.
- It was 6 months before it resumed production.
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- Moore later won additional races before his death.
- He was married to Elizabeth Wood before his death.
- The poem became very popular even before his death.
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- He died one day before turning 74 on May 19, 2017.
- A foreshock of 6.7 was registered the day before.
- A day before the race, Ilderim prepares his horses.
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- 14 Bucknell in the First Round before losing to No.
- ), before losing to Tours in the quarter-finals.
- 12 in the AP Poll before losing to on November 14, 1954.
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- He played one season there before leaving football.
- Shortly before leaving, he was awarded his D.Sc.
- before leaving Scotland for the United States in 1923.
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- Oscarsson died four weeks before his 84th birthday.
- Mathis Sr. died a few weeks before the Tyson fight.
- He was 64, just six weeks before his 65th birthday.
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- They lost all 11 games before going out of business.
- Ichigo and the others attend before going home.
- De Cruz was a psychologist before going into showbiz.
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- The AAF folded before the end of its first season.
- Hughes returned to California before the end of 1860.
- He was released before the end of the contract.
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- He was a School teacher before entering politics.
- Nanguzgambo and Associates before entering politics.
- He was a Cabinet maker before entering politics.
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- They arrived at the arena not long before tip-off.
- Bay existed long before the coming of Spaniards.
- They grow up to 4.5 centimeters long before pupating.
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- It took some time before peace was re-established.
- The national party dissolved some time before 2013.
- Its name in English means ""the time before Lent"".
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- He spent a season with Mumbai City before retiring.
- where he spent one season with them before retiring.
- Hesketh worked as a salesman before retiring in 2006.
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- Brian died a week before they were to be married.
- Kane's father died a week before his third birthday.
- He was teaching at Yale until the week before he died.
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- Dora before reaching Tavares, 25.8 miles in 1887.
- Sahar Road) before reaching the airport's forecourt.
- He died in 1874 a few months before reaching age 85.
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- He died one day before turning 74 on May 19, 2017.
- They reached an altitude of before turning back.
- Argall attempted fishing before turning back.
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- They switched back before the start of the season.
- Richter retired before the start of the next season.
- The rider is given a flag before the start of the race.
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- drop the sanga- prefix before taking the prefix.
- The flight has to be declared before taking off.
- Students must pay for college before taking classes.
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- Their benefactor Haines died before Louisa's birth.
- Lord Paisley died before his father and had no son.
- However, Wright died before presenting the project.
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- He worked as an engineer before making aliyah to Israel in 1990.
- He then moved to Aberystwyth Town before making his Port Talbot bow, .
- The Parole Board must consider these submissions before making a decision.
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- even before the Tides became an Orioles affiliate.
- The poem became very popular even before his death.
- Some Khitans migrated into western areas even before.
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- The night before, Chambers stayed at McNaughton's home.
- LPL returned to Austin the night before RTX 2018 began.
- Crișan hanged himself on the night before the execution.
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- Fueling was completed by three hours before launch.
- The Short Program occurred hours before the bombing.
- Their peak activity occurs around 3–4 hours before dawn.
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- He stayed there one season before leaving for FC Metalurh Donetsk.
- He made six appearances for the club that season before injury struck.
- That was down by 21% from Game 7 in —the last season before the lockout.
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- The action is transferred to the month before.
- They take place a few times per month before Christmas.
- He died one month before the episode aired.
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- Kelly set off three minutes before the backmarkers.
- Jönsson played 90 minutes before being substituted.
- It was three minutes before nine o'clock in the evening.
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- before signing for HFC six months later.
- Tonge was on trial at Chester, before signing for them permanently.
- He played four seasons with San Antonio before signing with Memphis.
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- Bundy scuffled with Lee before finally being subdued.
- He touches her arm before finally departing.
- He was 25 before finally becoming a Surrey first team regular in 1982.
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- He had known Ottoline Morrell from before the war.
- Her husband died in 1968 before the war of 1971.
- The NCC's last meeting before the war had been in 1937.
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- Tennyson escapes, though not before killing King Ferris.
- Another source reports the foundation not before 1946/1947.
- Ronnie reluctantly goes, but not before handing Anna a machete.
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- The legs have wide dark bands before the first bend.
- Goodhue died before the first stone was laid.
- Thousands starved before the first harvest.
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- Pasveer formerly played for FC Twente before transferring to Heracles Almelo in 2006.
- He briefly attended Chaminade High School before transferring to Hewlett High School.
- She attended Northwestern University for two years before transferring to Barnard College.
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- A copepod can dart about 80 times before it tires out.
- It was played 119 times before Missouri left the Big 12.
- The VHF band plan was modified several times before 1948.
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- They lost all 11 games before going out of business.
- He played three games before getting dropped.
- He played two league games before he returned to Barnsley.
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- It curves to the southeast before heading east-southeast.
- They could be seen making their beds before heading over to a PC.
- The route curves north before heading northeast and entering White Oak.
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- The glossy green leaves turn red in autumn before falling.
- It remained there only four years before falling in ruins.
- The team then started the season 16–0 before falling to No.
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- She moved once more to Macau before settling in Guilin.
- They lived there until 1833 before settling at Cloyne, Co. Cork.
- He studied in Copenhagen until 1798, before settling in Dresden.
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- The insurance of the rink had expired a few days before.
- The draw was held few days before the event.
- Lightfoot died in Malvern a few days before her 77th birthday.
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- (Ladislaus would die before coming of age).
- However, the idea of a bargain died before coming to a vote.
- The boat then cartwheeled across the water before coming to rest.
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- The storm continued to the north before crossing Sakhalin.
- The road passes First Lake before crossing Route 4 near St. Croix.
- Non-radio aircraft were advised to call at Lympne before crossing.
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- He spent one season at Barrow before being released.
- He served only four years before being released.
- He made 7 starts for Double-A Wichita before being released on May 13.
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- She had probably ordered that tomb before her death.
- They had two children before her death in 1891.
- Lim also sexually assaulted the girl before her death.
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- Lizzie Deignan took second place before Niewiadoma.
- This takes place before Doppler CFAR detection processing.
- This test takes place before installation of the equipment.
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- WARDs would have two weeks of training before starting.
- He was a tutor and principal before starting the school.
- He worked as a publicist before starting his writing career.
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- This happens well before a drop in oxygen saturation.
- Plans to join the euro were in place well before 2011.
- The parish was in the hundred of Loes well before 1086.
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- It passed through the town of Viborg before ending in Aarhus.
- Orange Grove crosses Sierra Madre Boulevard just before ending.
- It crosses the Nackawic River before ending at Route 605 in Pinder.
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- Söderling went up 5–0, before winning it 7–1.
- Just before winning the second Cup, McMullen sold the team to YankeeNets.
- He won his first title in before winning eight consecutive titles from to .
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- The Capitals lasted two seasons before folding in 1986.
- The EISL lasted two seasons before folding.
- The team went on hiatus for two seasons before returning in 2017.
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- Four African teams withdrew before playing any match.
- Four teams though withdrew before playing any matches.
- He left football, however, before playing a game for the team.
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- In total there were 8 groups before the final group took place.
- He is saved immediately before the final destruction of the city.
- The group went through member changes before the final line-up was released.
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- Lawson appeared before the HUAC on October 29, 1947.
- It then appeared before Ayutthaya itself.
- In 2011, Diaz appeared before a 3-member disciplinary panel.
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- Yam Tuan Radin ruled for 30 years before he died.
- He got to listen to the whole album before he died.
- They were married for 57 years before he died in 2007.
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- Collins was fired from team before the 2019 playoffs.
- Shyatt read the letter to his team before their first game.
- He made 15 appearances for the B team before his loan expired.
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- The Tuyere order that Svengaard be brought before them.
- (Papp was also brought before the committee.)
- He says that the matter should be brought before Athena.
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- He later withdrew from the race before the election.
- He joined TRS party before the election in 2014.
- Days before the election new party PSI endorse this pair.
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- The government had never before attempted a comprehensive overview.
- Because of the war effort, women entered the workforce as never before.
- Hence, the future is now and "Technosophie" is needed today as never before.
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- The screenplay was completed right before crank-in".
- "Zakouma elephants are getting massacred right before our eyes.
- It was a community in its own right before the municipal mergers in 1977.
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- degree, before attending the Army's Officers Candidate School.
- She worked for several years before attending Brockwood Labor College.
- He worked as a lumberjack on the family farm in Sweden before attending UCLA.
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- He also promised not to harm her, before continuing the drive.
- Thurneman dropped the two others off in Sala before continuing to Stockholm.
- However, these have to stay in Darmstadt for about 20 minutes before continuing.
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- The Corbetts moved frequently before eventually settling in Troy, New York.
- He joined the Marine Corps at age 18 before eventually moving into finance.
- Again with Somerset in 2008, he started 8 games before eventually becoming the closer.
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- Weinbaum died of lung cancer before finishing the second.
- She realizes that it is Dr. Stephens, but not before finishing him off.
- Anna ran very fast, and ploughed her head through the net before finishing.
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- He died in 1874 a few months before reaching age 85.
- It was renamed as 'Strathaven' a few months before closure.
- A few months before the concert, the conductor died suddenly.
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- She died closely before the release of the camp.
- 1" and "Outlaw Nation" before the release of this album.
- The band moved to Auckland before the release of the song.
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- Gale often had to walk backwards before beginning rehearsals.
- He worked as a farm labourer before beginning a career in horse racing.
- Park attended UCLA for one year before beginning her singing career in 1998.
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- A website was made available before the game's release.
- The team developed the setting before the game mechanics.
- He had turned 19 five days before the game.
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- He played three games before getting dropped.
- They were together for eleven years before getting married.
- Natalia Oreiro took part in the film before getting pregnant.
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- He then rose through the company before being appointed finance director.
- The latter title he was holding before being appointed to become a treasurer.
- He served as a municipal judge before being appointed to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.
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- It then picks up SR 13 before passing west of Milan.
- just before passing out in the doorway.
- It crosses over the Mactaquac Basin before passing Tripp Settlement.
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- He testified before the United States Supreme Court.
- Colleagues at DPW testified before CNMI Senate.
- Bracy has frequently testified before Congress.
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- It also usually meets immediately before and after any COPs.
- The highway turns due east, immediately before reaching NC 124.
- He is saved immediately before the final destruction of the city.
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- Also, before and during weddings some traditions are kept.
- Washington played a central role before and during the American Revolution.
- Hung was raised in Taiwan under Japanese rule before and during World War II.
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- The FAA gave a 15-day grace period before enforcing the AD.
- However, it disbanded for a period before reforming in 1971.
- Published in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I.
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- Hannu Manninen retired before the season began.
- He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates before the season.
- He was released shortly before the season.
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- 93.3FM before switching to television and acting.
- Sage studied drama and ballet before switching to music.
- before switching to rugby union in 1895.
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- He suffered a stroke several years before his death in 2007.
- An unaired pilot had previously been recorded several years before.
- She worked for several years before attending Brockwood Labor College.
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- Hill attended Boston University before dropping out to become an actress.
- It stayed in the top 20 for four more weeks before dropping off the chart.
- Wilson attended Smith College before dropping out and marrying David Wilson.
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- This must be done before the incoming player shoots.
- This can be done before the child is even one year old.
- It's even more urban than anything else i've done before".
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- Cloudman ran track at Bowdoin before graduating in 1901.
- He married and had a child before graduating high school.
- He also played baseball at Yale, before graduating in 1995.
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- Tina tells Dom how much she loves him before dying.
- She produced one foal before dying in November 1941.
- He wrote on orchids before dying in his 20s.
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- Soon before the outbreak of World War I, Duffield returned to England.
- In the last 18 to 24 months before the outbreak of the war, this changed.
- He made 66 league appearances for Bristol City before the outbreak of World War II.
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- They ruled since before the arrival of the Andals.
- Abancay was already a populated area before the arrival of the Incas.
- Most of these changes happened before the arrival of printing in England.
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- The plaque was stolen sometime before June 28, 2006.
- Married James Percy Price sometime before 1963.
- Rutledge dates Regulus' death as "sometime before 106."
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- In total, Nkhatha made 69 league appearances before departing in 2015.
- He appeared in seven games for the club before departing in late April.
- He and the driver cover it up and before departing say, "Tyger, Tyger."
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- It is believed to have been built before 1912.
- The Black Stump School was built before 1871.
- Most of the lines around Adelaide were built before 1900.
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- He studied law before deciding instead to become a journalist.
- He attended school in Córdoba before deciding to become a veterinarian.
- Jack knew the band and was fan of theirs already before deciding to join them.
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- A few years before his death he visited California.
- A few years before his death, he resigned from the CPGB.
- Susie Lankford taught for a few years before she married.
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- He died before receiving the red hat or a titular church.
- She had been recruited shortly before receiving her doctorate.
- with teacher Ucha Japaridze, before receiving his diploma in 1953.
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- The stream flows to the north and then east over before arriving at Lajjun.
- She operated as part of 8 wolfpacks before arriving at Brest on 26 January 1944.
- She stopped at Masulipatam on 26 September before arriving at Bengal on 16 October.
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- The mixture is blended and heated before serving.
- The frozen pizza puffs are deep-fried before serving.
- The chickpeas are steamed and shelled before serving.
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- He was now to appear before the public in a new phase.
- They were bailed to appear before magistrates the next day.
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- He was released before the end of the contract.
- A lyric video was released before the official video.
- In 1945, Ying was released before the surrender of Japan.
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- Team Fancy reached the second round before falling to Boeheim's Army.
- In 2004, he beat Lionel Sams in the first round before losing to Wayne Mardle.
- They defeated Wofford in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to No.