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...offense was unable to muster another goal before the final buzzer sounded...
...after exams, Harvard showed flashes of its ability in a 74-65 victory against Cornell in Ithaca. Having taken care of the tougher New York team, the Crimson then fell in the final seconds to an inferior Columbia squad, 57-55, as Stehle’s tip at the buzzer failed to drop. The team returned home and lost 70-57 to eventual league champion Penn, putting Harvard on the verge of a crippling fourth league loss...
...Pride soon gained the momentum back and went on a three-goal streak, scoring the only two goals registered during the second period, with the second one coming right at the buzzer. Hofstra then went on to open up the third period with a goal only 1:44 into the period to bring the score...
Freshman attack Natalie Curtis bagged two goals in the first half, the first from free position and the second from the far side after picking up a pass from Sproul. Schoen contributed a goal of her own, and Simmons wrapped up scoring less than a minute before the buzzer from point blank range to close the gap to 8-5, the closest the Crimson came in the game...
...that is why we obsess over sports. It’s why kids across the country spend hours in their driveways, pretending to be Larry Bird or Michael Jordan or LeBron James, counting down the clock and firing buzzer-beater after buzzer-beater until their mothers demand that they come in for dinner. Sports provide us something that we lack in most other realms of our lives—situations in which normal human beings have a chance to become immortal...