Word: contestable
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When I challenged the readership last week to point me to a game that the Lions would actually be the odds-on favorite to win, this contest was the only one that I thought would have a remote chance of earning that rare distinction...
...fact, the parallel gets a bit more eerie, when you consider that both Cornell and Harvard dropped a road contest followed by a heartbreaking Friday night home loss to Princeton and a double-digit defeat at the hands of Penn to fall back to .500. The Crimson added to its troubles by getting swept at home by Brown and Yale the following weekend, and now the Big Red has the opportunity to do the same...
...five pairings and a share of the Ivy League title with Yale (12-3, 5-1) and Princeton. The victory made it three straight Ivy crowns for the Crimson. This Harvard-Yale clash was shaping up to be more than the typical meeting between these two rivals. Entering the contest, Yale held a spotless 5-0 league record, with Harvard trailing one game behind in second place at 4-1. The two teams stayed close at the start of the match, with Yale holding a 3-2 advantage through five as the Crimson dropped matches at the sixth, eighth...
...tight victory stood in stark contrast to the Crimson-Gulls contest last year, when Harvard dominated Endicott in a 3-0 rout—part of its record 13-match win streak...
...roommate Joe Kerns was my companion throughout the night’s drama) appetite for athletics not yet sated, instead of turning for home, we advanced to Bright Hockey Center, a stone’s throw away, where the same two teams were locked in a tight 3-3 contest with just over ten minutes left in regulation, according to the scoreboard as we walked in. Now this is a very important live sports lesson: only visit the restrooms between innings, halves, periods, or sets. You might miss something. Such was my fate as I found bladder relief before...