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...absence of these small distractions seems almost too insignificant to really matter, but, while Harvard fans file out before the final buzzer of a blowout, supporters throughout the rest of the Ivies—often not even students—have another reason to tarry longer, providing additional support. So, on a dreary Hanover evening, when the Dartmouth women’s basketball team is being blown out by the Crimson in its season finale, dejected fans do not leave in disgust, but clamor for free t-shirts being tossed into the stands by sponsors, or excitedly check tickets...
Although the Crimson (10-5, 8-5 EIVA) finished off the Pioneers (11-6, 5-3) it was not the blowout it appeared. After the twenty minute delay, Harvard started out sloppily, due largely to a slew of bad serves, and trailed for most of the game’s beginning. Only after winning some jousts at the top of the net, and buoyed by an authoritative sophomore opposite hitter Seamus McKiernan’s kill, the team soon tied the game at 14-14, and after holidng off a late...
Delaney-Smith took advantage of the early blowout to rotate 13 different players into the game. Each player recorded at least four minutes on the court with none spending more than 29 off the pine...
...focus was to try and knock them down in as many areas as possible,” Corriero said, “and not let out in any respect, especially on defense. In the past, there have been times where there have been lapses in the blowout games, where we let in a weak goal, but I think we really focused on preserving the shutout for [freshman goalie Emily Vitt...
Though still blanked by a superior Harvard squad, the Eagles put forth a drastically better showing than the 7-0 blowout when the two teams last met a year...