Word: aceing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mauling started when Columbia ace Rolando Acosta allowed just one Crimson runner as far as second base in picking up his 20th career win, and it continued when the Lions pounced on three Harvard pitchers for 12 hits and 12 runs in the second game...
Then Pompan turned the tide. Staying back at the baseline more often and serving powerfully, Pompan first pulled ahead with a service ace, then broke serve as a Robinson backhand went wide of the left baseline. With Robinson making more frequent errors and Pompan directing the ball repeatedly to the Quaker's limited backhand, the second set went to Pompan 6-1 after another service ace...
...Firsch regained his concentration. He broke Krevolin's serve, took his own serve despite Krevolin's dubious "out" call on a serve that closely resembled an ace, and proceeded to whip off four more games...
...with the kind of aggressive, crisp attack that hadn't been seen in almost a year. There were three crucial double plays in the field, restless offense against a team that hits for a living, but most importantly, the realization that victory isn't impossible if the ace hurler can't hand...
Both first-games starters--Stewart and Northeastern ace Shawn Brickman--were shaky in the opening innings, as the basepaths looked like Fresh Pond Parkway at rush hour. The Crimson pushed across four runs (enough to win the ballgame, as it turned out) in the first three innings on a Mark Bingham sacrifice fly. RBI singles by Bobby Kelley and Chuck Marshall, and an embarrassing error by Northeastern's hapless third baseman, Kevin Kenny...