Word: clinching
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...Cornell win assured of at least a first-place tie in the Ivy League. A victory tonight would clinch a second consecutive Ivy crown for the Crimson, the first time since 1964 that Harvard put together back-to-back titles. Harvard also has to win to stay ahead of B.U. in the East and retain its number one ranking...
Cornell fencing captain Ken Torino nipped Harvard's John Hirschfeld in the last bout of the third and final round of yesterday's home match, to clinch a thrilling come from behind 14-13 victory...
...second round, the Crimson sabres appeared to want to clinch the victory by themselves as each man thumped his Big Red opponent. This round was highlighted by the brilliant comeback of Rutledge, who rebounded from a 1-4 deficit to take his bout...
...Crimson tightened the margin somewhat as the game drew to a close, at one point coming within three points 91-88 but the Judges, having played inspired basketball the entire night, simply refused to wilt, and scored the game's final two baskets to clinch the victory...
...Harvard squash men methodically squetched every Engineer effort. If you could call it that. Puffing and perspired, the embarrassed MIT squad was unable to clinch a single game from the greedy Harvard squad...