Word: backstopped
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...from Harvard hockey alum Bob Bland ’62, who was inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame. Bland, a Crimson goaltender from 1960 to 1962, was named the Tournament MVP in 1960 for helping the Crimson win the ‘pot. And with Bland as a backstop, Harvard won the hometown trophy again...
PRINCETON, NJ—He may have sailed his final warm-up pitch to the backstop upon entering the game, but Harvard outfielder-turned-reliever Lance Salsgiver’s command was really never in question as he made his college pitching debut yesterday...
...Princeton had gotten the only run it would need off of Ronz (1-2), who pitched a spectacular game but watched helplessly as one of his pitches got past Lentz in the top of the fourth with a man on second. The pitch went all the way to the backstop, and Lentz was unable to recover before the runner scored...
With the return of 2000 All-Ivy senior catcher Brian Lentz from a year off, the backstop duties are now split. Harvard coach Joe Walsh, reluctant to remove either valuable player from the lineup, generally plays one at catcher...
Harvard’s veteran backstop thinks that the recipe for pitching success this season is simple. “I think the pitchers have the talent they need, it’s just a matter of throwing strikes every time they go out there,” Lentz says...