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...pull out the drill. Davies thinks that while they were removing the drill on the morning of May 28, they set off a massive "kick," in which high-pressure water and gas from the surrounding rock flowed into, rather than out of, the borehole. To prevent a potentially dangerous blowout, the drillers shut vents at the surface, effectively corking the pressure inside the well. But it was too late. Water from a pressurized aquifer thousands of feet below the surface surged upward, picking up debris from a layer of mudstone as it did. Davies compares the effect to a bicycle...
...What makes Rollins’ form even more impressive is the fact that it is coming at a time when the team needs this sort of play from her the most. Following a blowout loss to Cornell, Harvard finds itself in second-place in the Ivy standings, and most likely will have to run the table in order to retain its title...
...following night at Princeton, a close game down the stretch turned into a blowout as the Tigers outscored Harvard 10-1 in the game’s final minutes...
...Crimson fell to No. 4 Trinity to suffer its first opening-round defeat in the Howe Cup in the six-year history of the program. Mashruwala and Mumanachit had standout 3-0 victories, with Mumanachit dropping only eight points in a 9-3, 9-3, 9-1 blowout of Trinity’s Ashley Clackson. Balsekar closed out her opponent in the fourth set to win, 10-8, 9-5, 8-10, and 9-6 to improve to 5-1 since returning from injury. Of the Crimson’s six losses, O’Donnell played the most competitive...
...Year award. With high expectations, Miller wasted no time as she implemented drastic changes to the Crimson program. Some of her tactics were criticized as she cut several new recruits and a few veterans from the program. But there is no denying results, and a 19-2 blowout in her first game with Harvard is certainly a positive omen for Miller and the team. “I’m pleased with the way we started,” Miller said. “I thought we were pretty focused and pretty disciplined and we put the ball away...