Word: crimson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then they hit play. They groan as a corner kick flies into the middle of the penalty box. They cringe as Brown halfback Suzanne Bailey nails a header towards the far post. They shudder as Crimson back Amy Weinstein dashes across the goal in a desperate save attempt. They watch in horror as the ball trickles across the line...
Then they rewind it and play it back again. And again. Because if Weinstein had miraculously cleared the ball off the line, and the Crimson had held on for the final four minutes to tie the Bruins, Harvard (6-7-1 overall, 5-1 Ivy) would have won the Ivy League title. Instead, the Bruins (5-0-1 Ivy) nabbed their eighth straight crown...
Regrets over the Brown game are nothing new for the star-crossed Crimson. The Bruins' hex over the Crimson has endured since Harvard's 1981 title season...
Part One was pure euphoria for the Crimson. In the season opener, Robin Johnston scored four goals as Harvard blew away Columbia. Three days later, Johnston scored again to pace a 1-0 defeat of New Hampshire...
...Crimson was undefeated. Johnston was on a 35-goal pace. Reilly had two shutouts in two games. This couldn't last...