Word: counter-attack
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...offensive blitz—totaling 19 shots on target for the game, including eight in the second half. After a big stop in the 72nd minute by Harvard’s junior goalkeeper Adam Hahn, who knocked back a direct shot at goal, the Crimson jumped on the counter-attack. Led by sophomore midfielder Michael Fucito’s remarkable speed up the sideline, Harvard caught a break in the 83rd minute when Cornell midfielder Tom Marks received his second yellow card of the match. Head referee Mike Violet drew the red card from his pocket and sent Marks...
...Blue Jays claimed an early lead in the match, one that proved too difficult to overcome. “[Johns Hopkins] played very well and we simply didn’t,” Farrar said. “We shot very poorly and they were able to counter-attack us effectively.” Poor shooting by the Crimson partly explained the loss. Harvard made only seven out of 27 shots on goal. Of those seven, four were scored by senior John Voith and freshman Spencer Livingston, each notching two goals. Connolly provided another respectable effort in goal, making...
...close throughout, although the margin of victory was greater than the Bears’ 3-2 win in Cambridge and 6-5 win in Maryland.“We were disappointed with how we played defensively,” Keyser said. “We allowed a lot of counter-attack goals, which isn’t fair to [senior goaltender] Lydia [Gardner].”Harvard led for most of the first half, but Brown tied the score right before halftime to go into the break with the score 4-4.The Bears and Crimson will almost certainly meet in Cambridge...
...former middle school history teacher, doesn't seem like the sort to attract death threats. But as a freshman in the California Assembly she introduced a bill that would set strict limits on greenhouse-gas emissions from the state's cars and trucks-a measure that triggered a furious counter-attack. Whipped up by conservative talk shows and a $5 million ad campaign funded by the auto industry, angry calls flooded the legislature by the thousands. At one point, a menacing parade of SUVs circled the State Capitol and a man threatened to stalk Pavley with a baseball...
Then, with only a minute left in the contest, the Crimson launched a swift counter-attack to win itself yet another decisive penalty corner. Maasdorp’s team-leading 15th goal of the season, again assisted by McDavitt and Gannon, iced the win with 29 seconds remaining...