Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...resulted in a fumble that set up a UMass score. The second exchange also was fumbled. Not an auspicious beginning. "We tried to switch something on that first play," he continued, "We had a missed communication in the backfield in both cases, and the backs that were getting the ball thought they were supposed to be blocking." "That can't happen to you if you want to keep up morale," Buchanan said after the game...
...where they face Southern Connecticut at 2:15 p.m. Edie MacAusland's squad is 1-2, but has registered two impressive games in a row--a 2-0 win over Bowdoin last Saturday, and a well-played 1-0 loss to Springfield Tuesday. The stickwomen have trouble putting the ball in the net, but have shown the ability to pressure opposing defenses...
...Wesleyan defenders intercepted most Crimson breaks and turned the ball back the other way. When the Crimson did penetrate deep on either wing, they repeatedly sent crossing passes booming too hard past the goalmouth. When they drove down the middle, Harvard couldn't find the one-two's that turn attacks into goal...
Though Wesleyan controlled more of the play, it never seemed likely to score. Sweeper Sergienko nipped several attacks in the bud with well-timed sprints to cut off the ball and distribute it to the Crimson wings...
...last few minutes of the game, Harvard regained a little of its earlier intensity. Villar almost banged home a beautiful, soft Walter Diaz chip with his knee and thigh but Coombs managed to come out to block the ball. Right before the whistle, captain and fullback John Sanacare, pushing forward for only the second or third time in the game, launched a cross that Keller-Sarmiento flicked with his head and Coombs had to tip over...