Andrea Pirlo spins the soccer ball in his hands and places it in the grass about 45 yards from the goal. He takes a couple steps back and signals to his teammates that he is ready to take the free kick. It is Jan. 11, a pleasant day in Turin, Italy, as Italian soccer giant Juventus matches up against Napoli. Pirlo strikes the ball, curling it through a mess of defenders and onto the head of his teammate Martin Caceres, who knocks it past the goalkeeper.

A few time zones away, another Italian is testing her craft in the sports world, this time in South Bend, Ind. Marti Mosetti, a freshman on the Boston College women's basketball team, is receiving one of the toughest tests of her career as BC is trampled 104-58 against perennial powerhouse Notre Dame.

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