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...Morris faced double and triple coverage the next week against Lafayette, but the rest of Harvard's receivers picked up the slack as Harvard's air show rolled on. Rose threw to seven different receivers for 265 yards, and sophomore running back Nick Palazzo emerged from an injury-riddled backfield to run for 101 yards on 23 carries. More importantly, the defense held the Leopards to just 26 yards rushing, a dramatic improvement over previous weeks...
...Leiszler and Palazzo have been a two-headed monster for Harvard out of the backfield, helping the team gain an Ivy League-leading average of 184.5 yards per game on the ground. The Crimson averages 4.37 yards per rush, partly because both Leiszler and Palazzo combine a tough running style with the ability to break for long runs. Listed at 5'8 but not close to that size in actuality, the sophomores are power runners with speed who complement the Crimson's high-powered passing attack...
...Harvard's defensive backfield is much improved from last year's squad. Despite that improvement, there were shades of the 1999 team in the air last Saturday against Penn. As junior quarterback Gavin Hoffman worked his way down the field with less than two minutes remaining for the winning score, it seemed as if the Crimson defensive backs had forgotten what they had learned this season...
Scott shined in the backfield all-season for the Crimson. Her skills were never more evident then when she stopped every single UMass attacker one-on-one in the seven-on-seven overtime. Scott was also a key part of Harvard's penalty corner attack. She converted for game-winners against Providence and Dartmouth late in the season...
...addition to their defensive efforts, the Harvard backs played a big role on offense yesterday as the Crimson played with one less attacker than usual due to the four-person backfield...