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...still see Pat unselfishly but knowingly dishing the ball to Asa at the foul line. I can still see Asa taking one more step and then launching himself into the air. Asa sent the ball through the net with a kind of velocity I had never seen before. The backboard shook for five minutes, Wenner shook for the rest of the night...
Instead, they hit the wall. They hit the backboard. And they hit the rim. But they just couldn...
Harvard's Maura Healey tried a last-gasp shot in the game's final moments, but the shot bounced helplessly off the backboard...
Fullback Amy Belisle's penalty stroke blew by the goalie's stick side and thumped against the backboard...
...then clinched the game with the "littlethings." Harvard sophomore Matt McClain pulled upfor a short jumper and found nothing but air. Butbefore any of the 1710 boisterous Big Greensupporters could open their mouths to yell,"Airball," Rullman slid in under the net andtipped the errant shot high off the backboard andinto the net as Dartmouth Co-Captain BrendanO'Sullivan shoved him in the back. Rullman'ssubsequent free throw gave the Crimson a 62-59lead...