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...fourth and last chukker, the teams continue their neck-to-neck race towards victory. As usual, Nick darts ahead of the crowd towards the far wall in pursuit of the ball, but Charlie drives up from behind and bumps the rear of Nick’s horse. Mid-momentum, caught between Charlie and the wall, Nick is thrust off his horse and flies headlong into the boards, crumpling into a fetal position before impact...
...first chukker, the power play between Nick and Charlie Hutchinson, UConn’s leading player, makes immediately clear that the two teams are closely matched; the seven-and-a-half minutes end with UConn in a one-goal lead. But in the second chukker, Harvard loses its close follow, racking up multiple crossing violations and missing several foul shots. By the chukker’s end, Harvard is four goals behind UConn—not a good place for a team that had seen itself at least on par with UConn in previous games...
...Shouts of “Nick is coming!” ring from the UConn players, who ride their horses into Nick’s side, pushing and elbowing—an illegal move—to drive him off the line of the ball. Early in the third chukker, Hutchinson wildly flails his horse at Nick’s to ride him off, unsteadying his opponent. With a graceful tumble off the side of his horse, Nick lands with a powdery thud. The umpires call a simple penalty against UConn, and Nick receives a free shot at the goal...
...Without a doubt, Nick promptly remounts his horse and scores five goals in the span of time UConn scores one. With two minutes left in the third chukker, Harvard is now only two goals behind UConn’s thirteen...
Things continued to go the Crimson’s way in the following frame, as Levin added goals four and five by halftime and number six early in the third chukker. Levin was awarded the honor of Most Valuable Player for his efforts...