Word: clinching
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Bill Lee defeated the Yankees for the seventh time in as many career decisions against New York but needed relief from Diego Segui in the eighth to clinch the victory...
Princeton made one more sally at Harvard with 300 meters to go, upping the cadence to a 37 beat, and closed the gap to six seats. But it was a case of too little too late as the Crimson held off the Tiger charge to clinch the victory...
...second half was all UNH. The Wildcats' superior speed and passing ability finally began to puncture the Radcliffe defense, and the Wildcats rammed home four unanswered goals past Radcliffe goalie Saadah to clinch the victory...
...first part in this production at Manhattan's Lincoln Center. Despite a distinguished cast, this is a narrowly drawn onenote, or perhaps two-note kind of performance. It mixes rage and exhaustion the way old club fighters hack away and then fall into each other's clinch, softly drubbing the kidneys, to rest for a little while. (A few years ago, Friedrich Duerrenmatt staged The Dance of Death literally as a boxing match...
...Crimson captured all but one of the six singles matches in its first outdoors league notch of the season. Harvard captain Ken Lindner upended Kevin Mills, the Midshipmen captain, 7-6, 4-6, 7-5. Trailing, 3-5, in the third set, Lindner took the final four games to clinch the match...