Word: clinch
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...Tigers had been notorious for playing down to the level of their opponents all season, but now, on the night when they could clinch the Ivy title and an automatic NCAA berth, they seemed to be putting forth the effort worthy of a champion...
Fans from around the Ivy League will be watching—live on CN8—as the Tigers attempt to clinch at least a share of the Ivy title against the Crimson tonight...
Colgate—the same team that was picked to finish eighth in the preseason—needs only two points to clinch the regular-season title. But depending on what happens behind them, the Raiders could theoretically be swept this weekend and still take the title…with only 28 points...
Sure enough, with Chu’s win giving Harvard a 2-1 overall edge, the Crimson seemed revitalized. Nguyen took the No. 4 slot 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, and Harvard needed only one more singles match to clinch a team victory...
...Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, or the invention of chewing gum. Often the deja-view has ominous glints. To compare the U.S. post-war adventure in Iraq with our occupation of Japan, the producers aired part of a 1946 documentary, sternly narrated by Arthur Kennedy: ?Here?s where we clinch our victory or muff it.? That sounded like a caveat on April 13 of last year. Now it carries the echo of Cassandra...