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...said. “All 24 players have contributed and that’s the reason we’re here.”Certainly, Harvard’s vaunted offense has been matched all season with stellar defense. Cahow and sophomore goalie Christina Kessler anchor a unit that leads the country with only .90 goals allowed/game and boasts the nation’s fourth best penalty kill at 91%. Kessler herself has been nothing short of dominant, posting the top save percentage and winning percentage during the regular season at .956 and .964 respectively.“From...
...competition there was a 200-point gap separating the second place Crimson from the rest of the pack.Harvard showed its strength in the freestyle relays, bookending the weekend with victories in the 200- and 400-yard events. Freshmen Katy Hinkle, Ali Slack, and Laura Murray, along with senior anchor Amanda Slaight, set school records in both events and made the “B” cut for the NCAA championships.The 200-free relay provided particular excitement, as the Crimson found itself trailing in the final leg. But Slaight refused to give in and posted a 22.88 anchor...
...comfortable situation: Harvard had made the NCAA Tournament three years running, a span that included two ECAC championship titles. Goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris ’05, who would make a case for the Hobey Baker in his final season, and captain Noah Welch ’05 would anchor a defense that would prove near-impenetrable...
...cosmos filled with peripatetic objects like comets, stars appear to be reliable anchor points. But even in the otherwise orderly Milky Way, at least 10 stars have jumped the rails, blasting along at more than a million miles (1.6 million km) per hour. Mysterious as all of them seem, there's one that's a true puzzle...
...rage these days, and for good reason. The kind of high-concept, high-execution shows that make the airwaves in the new cable order are often just a little too unrealistic to float. The blanket solution of more than a few programs has been to hire a solid anchor in the form of an excellent lead actor—preferably one who’s had some face time on HBO. Did Michael C. Hall creep you out more than a little on “Six Feet Under”? He’ll do that role one better...