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Down 13 in the second half, the defending America East champion Great Danes (4-4) stormed back to beat the Crimson (5-4), 79-76, in a thrilling game at Lavietes Pavilion that featured four lead changes and seven ties...
...first round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament, the Great Danes, the America East Champion, came close to pulling off what would have been arguably the greatest upset in NCAA history, as it led #1 seed Connecticut by 12 points, 50-38, with under 12 minutes to play in the game. The Huskies would eventually rally...
...also easy for many to see a champion in Jefferson, who rose from a poor North Louisiana upbringing to become a Harvard-trained lawyer and the first African American to represent Louisiana in Washington since Reconstruction. The question now is, will he still be able to deliver the goods...
...this January, things will not get any easier on the squad. “It’s going to be a tremendous loss, because she’s our best saber fencer,” Crimson coach Peter Brand said, adding that with the departure of defending NCAA champion Emily Cross to train for the 2008 Olympics, “we’re not going to have the same depth we had last year for sure.” The men’s saber needed to wash off a bit of rust, as things started off poorly...
...would really tank it. Here he showed what he can really do.” The men also won in the epee by a count of 6-3. Ungar easily dispelled the competition, winning all three of his bouts and only getting touched twice. Ungar is the reigning NCAA champion in the epee and won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships last year. “He’s the best epee fencer in the country right now,” Brand said. The only weak point in the match for the Crimson came from the men?...