Kariya may show fewer flourishes than he used to, but he is winning on a team stressing defense.

The Crimson has given up 12 goals in its last two games, rare for a Cleary team, which always stresses defense.

D'Ottavio, who says he is "confident we can win more games than we lose," stresses defense with his players.

"I stressed defense - pressure defense," he once said.

Troy Murray, the captain, stresses defense from the center position.

The Cougars won the state championship in 1987-88 under a coach who stressed defense.

Soviet foreign policy took on a new orientation that stressed international independence, non-offensive defense, multilateral cooperation, and use of the political process to solve security issues.

Hitchcock, whose success came a decade later, is from the trapping generation that stresses defense first.

Most clubs probably do the same thing, but T. K. was a master at making everyone understand that we stress defense.

Temple and Richmond play similiar styles, stressing discipline and enthusiastic defense.