Word: counterattacks
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...playing in place of usual Crimson starting junior goalie Cheryl Gunther, who was suspended from Saturday’s game following a red card in Wednesday’s loss to UConn. Scatena made two saves on the day, including a diving stop on a Big Green breakaway counterattack following a Harvard free kick in the first half to keep the Crimson within...
...Monday, when hundreds of Northern Alliance troops serving under two commanders, Uzbek warlord Rashid Dostum and Tajik general Mullah Ustad Mohammed Atta, swept toward the city and the 20,000 entrenched Taliban troops protecting it. The Alliance forces advanced to within 12 miles of Mazar, but a fierce Taliban counterattack led to savage street battles; Alliance forces managed to hold their front line but failed to advance much further. It's unlikely that the Alliance will march on Mazar anytime soon. The Taliban's antiaircraft weapons and control of the airport make it hard for the Northern Alliance to replenish...
...Saturday afternoon, the Crimson traveled to Providence to take on No. 13 Queens College, which had been undefeated in Northern Division play. Queens quickly rebounded from two early Harvard goals to tie the score, and the game remained close through the third quarter. Two counterattack goals by the Knights early in the fourth, though, put them up 8-6 and forced the Crimson to call a timeout. With five minutes remaining, junior Theo Ludwick, aware that the Knight goalie had been cheating to one side all game, faked to that side and then slid the ball into the other side...
advantage at halftime and hoped for smooth sailing. It was not to be, however, as Harvard lost focus and allowed the slower Brown team to counterattack and tie the score early in the third...
...They’re a counterattack team,” Mejias said. “We knew that we would dominate posession, but that they could explode past our seven guys attacking and bring 10, 15, or 20 minutes of pressure...