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Despite the double preparation of playing Tuesday night's Mass Maritime game under identical conditions (e.g. under the lights and on astro-turf) and eating Saturday afternoon's salami lunch at First's house, the Crimson was a little tight when they took to the turf Saturday night at historic Franklin Field...
...Harvard offense, whiewashed for the fourth time in 12 games, played a solid game but could not consistently unleash clean, hard shots at the Springfield net. "We have to learn how to score on an astro-turf surface. Their small, diagonal passes in front of the net were very effective--they had very good control of the ball," Wood commented...
Other than this costly error, the Crimson defense over powered the Terrier attack. Freshmen backs Michael Smith and Steve Yakopec dominated the middle of the Astro-Turf field. Smith, a hard-nosed Englishman, consistently and brilliantly out-leaped his foes, directing the all-important head balls to his teammates. Yakopec also demonstrated excellence at his midfield position with his tackles and head balls...
Offensively, the Crimson had trouble penetrating the B.U. zone. The water-soaked Astro-Turf caused well-kicked balls to skip like stones on a lake, making ball control difficult to say the least. The Crimson did manage seven shots in the first half, versus nine for the Terriers...
...drained after taking three jumps to make 6 ft. 10 in.," he said. "I wasn't getting enough speed in my approach because the soft astro-turf made me think I was going faster than...