Word: contestable
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...Crimson did show a sign of life in one defensive department that has been a weakness all year—guarding the three-point shot. For the season, Harvard allowed opponents to shoot 37 percent from three-point range and connect on an average of 7.7 threes per contest. The Crimson, meanwhile, shot 32 percent from behind the arc, and averaged 4.8 three-point field goals per game. But Harvard’s perimeter defense snuffed Columbia’s long-range attack, holding the Lions to a 7-of-19 connect rate from downtown, and just...
...best-of-three playoff series. “Revenge was definitely a big part of this,” captain Dylan Reese said. “They beat us twice handily, and they’re one of our arch-rivals” The No. 10 Bulldogs entered the contest without top scorers Sean Backman and Mark Arcobello, who were absent from the lineup for undisclosed reasons. However, despite the loss of offensive personnel, Yale had no trouble finding the back of the net in the game’s opening period. The Bulldogs’ Chris Cahill opened...
...closer, and I think we should have won the game.” The Crimson was eventually able to break out of its early-season slump, and rode a three-game unbeaten streak into its next game against Yale, this time in New Haven. Despite the momentum, however, the contest was a disaster, a 5-1 blowout with few redeeming qualities. “The last game at Yale was probably our worst game in the last 10 games or 15 games,” Reese says. “Being a homecoming for them, they just took...
...kept the final game close, coming within three points after a 5-1 run late in the match. After the teams exchanged points, Harvard took the game with a kill and a Chargers error, wrapping up, 30-25. The final game came after a Crimson slump in the second contest. Harvard attained a much lower hitting percentage of .129, as it let New Haven take an 8-5 lead to start the game. The Chargers’ 13 kills and .222 hitting percentage were not enough to maintain its advantage, however, and a few short runs by the Crimson pushed...
...another spurt as play resumed. Attacks Megan Fenton, Patricia Sutton, and Kristine Corkum each scored to put the Crimson down 10-7.Through much of the second half, neither team could gain an advantage. Simmons scored her third for Harvard, but Sutton. who led the Crusaders with four goals in the contest, quickly retaliated. Hines and Simmons each notched one more to tie the game up, but Nikki Bolduc scored to give the Crusaders a 13-12 lead.“We felt we had to win this, we had to come back,” Simmons said...