Word: contestation
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...Chris Pizzotti throw for a career-high 365 yards, the quarterback situation for Princeton during its 27-10 loss to Harvard on Saturday was far less stable.The Tigers are familiar with playing two quarterbacks in the same game—backup Greg Mroz has played in all but one contest this season. But Saturday was the first time this year that Mroz has stepped in due to injury, coming on after Foran left the game with a concussion early in the second quarter.Things got even worse for Princeton on the team’s first drive of the fourth quarter...
...into the open net gave Harvard the lead for good.A first-half offensive onslaught like Saturday’s was a breakthrough for a Crimson squad plagued by early sluggishness. Harvard had not recorded a goal before the break in its last seven matches before Saturday’s contest. “You can be playing well at times, but if you don’t score goals, it just zaps your energy,” coach Ray Leone said. “Scoring an early goal—even though they scored right back—you still...
...hockey, to the press box. “From a scouting standpoint, it’s always nice to evaluate the Canadians and the Americans when they play together,” Shatford said. “We have a mixture of Olympic-caliber players in this contest...which always makes for interesting, competitive hockey.” In fact, a total of three players with Olympic experience made an appearance this weekend at Bright: senior defenseman Caitlin Cahow and junior forward Sarah Vaillancourt of the Crimson, and Canadian goalie Charline Labonte on the McGill side. For Harvard, Quebec native...
...virtue of having already defeated a team with iconic navy blue and gold colors, the Crimson had arguably its best game of the weekend in a losing result against the nationally ranked Midshipmen. No. 11 Navy flew out of the gates to a 4-0 lead early in the contest, but Harvard responded aggressively, scoring five unanswered goals to claim the lead for the first time late in the third period.“Navy had a lot of guys so they were just throwing fresh units and speed at us,” sophomore Mitch Denti said...
...year before, a dramatic Princeton stop at their own six-yard line on fourth-and-one kept the Crimson from scoring a critical touchdown, and a Jay McCareins kickoff return for a touchdown iced a 27-24 Tigers win in Cambridge.That game was the fifth straight Harvard-Princeton contest in the Stadium to be decided by a touchdown or less, as the two teams played tight games through a Crimson win streak that lasted from 1996 to 2004.“We’d had their number, but they’d all been extremely close, very difficult games...