Word: acorn
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...booters' frustration reached its peak 15 minutes into the game, when a holding call against Columbia nullified a score by Acorn and Lyman Bullard pushed the subsequent penalty shot wide of the left side of the goal mouth...
Harvard's prospects brightened, though, with ten minutes left in the half when Bullard lofted a corner kick high in front of the Columbia net, Chris Saunders out-leaped two defenders for the header, and Acorn Knocked the bouncing ball past the Lion goalkeeper...
With the score at 2-1, a second half comeback seemed within reach. Grassby was not about to wait for the second half, however. With 48 seconds remaining in the period, he lined a shot into the goal after Acorn headed Geoff Hargadon's direct kick...
Offensively, Ford said, "we started off differently [at the half] with Grassby playing in front of Acorn and Bullard as a spearhead." Sweeper forward Matt Bowyer shifted back to halfback to work as a link with Saunders...
...moves paid off. At 22:50, Eric Zager passed a rebounded shot to Acorn, who drilled a low liner off the diving goalkeeper's outstretched fingertips for the winning margin...