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Weissbourd notched 14 kills and four aces against New Haven, including a match-ending ace that sealed the Chargers’ fate in the third and final game. Making only two errors and 21 attempts, Weissbourd hammered out a 0.571 hitting percentage, a number higher than the overall 0.390 percentage that has Weissbourd ranked seventh for hitting in the EIVA. The middle hitter also tallied four blocks against the Chargers...
...Chargers’ 13 kills and .222 hitting percentage were not enough to maintain its advantage, however, and a few short runs by the Crimson pushed it to a 27-21 lead late in the game. Despite a final 4-0 push by New Haven, a kill and an ace by Weissbourd ended the game in Harvard’s favor, 30-26. More than sufficiently warmed up for the first game, the Crimson opened the night in good form, accumulating 18 kills on its way to a .371 hitting percentage. The freshly-arrived Chargers could not keep up with...
...subset of Harvard students. Remember all the crazy pre-meds who hated organic chemistry and switched to economics? This is where they went. They’re still really good at studying the same thing over and over again, only now it’s practice interview cases from Ace Your Case IV. These are the students who simply had to have their midterm grades back the next...
...complete the match in three successive games but a valiant effort from the Raiders in game three forced an ultimately decisive fourth game. Senior middle hitter Andy Nelson started the third game serving up a multitude of vigorous attacks, racking up three of his 14 total kills and an ace within the first few minutes. After holding a steady lead throughout the game, Rivier clawed back from a two-point deficit at 22-20, riding off the momentum of Raiders’ sophomore Scott Wright’s thunderous block to collect five consecutive points and the game victory...
...live next to the Dutch Reformed Church dominee [minister]," says Evita's alter ego and creator, Pieter-Dirk Uys (pronounced ace). "He always warmly embraces Evita whenever she meets him. We respect each other's theaters." And the clergyman isn't Evita's only admirer. The walls of the foyer are plastered with thank-you letters penned by the apartheid era's superstars. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a regular visitor to Darling (he takes his wife there for their anniversary), writes: "We need you to continue to hold a mirror to our human condition." Alongside are affectionate faxes from the debonair...