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The team's most recent loss was a real heartbreaker.
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Former Minnesota high school and current NCAA softball player Kendall Kotzmacher lost a 3-2 heartbreaker to Champlin Park last season, in what was her final high school game.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Sam Houston drops heartbreaker to Allen Allen’s Mason Leslie scored with under a minute to go in regulation as the Eagles eliminated Arlington Sam Houston 2-1 in a Class 6A Division 1 area-round match on Tuesday at Standridge Stadium in Carrollton.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
UConn won the Big East title in both 1994 and ’95, but lost heartbreakers on the same date in back-to-back years.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Shooting in New Orleans, Goodbye Girl follows Jess (Shipka), who’s a professional heartbreaker.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Sam Houston drops heartbreaker to Allen Allen’s Mason Leslie scored with under a minute to go in regulation as the Eagles eliminated Arlington Sam Houston 2-1 in a Class 6A Division 1 area-round match on Tuesday at Standridge Stadium in Carrollton.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
UConn won the Big East title in both 1994 and ’95, but lost heartbreakers on the same date in back-to-back years.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Shooting in New Orleans, Goodbye Girl follows Jess (Shipka), who’s a professional heartbreaker.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Heartbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartbreaker. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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