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Junior guard Michael Beal is the likely choice to fill in for Norman. Beal spent most of the season serving as the backup point guard to Giovacchini, though he is capable of playing both guard spots as well as the small forward position...
...Crimson, led by its senior class—including captain Kate Gannon, midfielder Shelley Maasdorp, forward Tiffany Egnaczyk, netminder Aliaa Remtilla, and backup goalie Anne Haig—would show that it had more than adequate replacements...
With runners on first and third, backup catcher Drew Casey entered the game to pinch-hit in the lineup’s eight-hole. He skied the first pitch he saw into right field’s deep foul territory...
...selected in the fifth round, and possibly as high as the fourth. Heading into the second day of the draft, Fitzpatrick’s name was repeatedly dropped by NFL analysts both online and on television as a good option for any team looking for a smart, talented backup quarterback...
...touted Kyle Orton of Purdue and Stefan LeFors of Louisville (both fourth round) as well as lesser-known players such as Tulsa’s James Kilian and USC’s Matt Cassel. Cassel, who saw little action as junior Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart’s backup this season for the national champion Trojans, was taken by the New England Patriots in the seventh round in a move that surprised many who predicted that Patriots’ head coach Bill Belichick had his eye on Fitzpatrick as a late-round pick...