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...that Brown defeat, Peljto hit a three-pointer from a foot outside the arc with a defender bearing down on her to give the Crimson its last lead of the night in a 59-57 defeat. Against Yale five weeks later, she was given the ball with 20 seconds left and her team facing a three-point deficit. She flawlessly drained the game-tying shot, part of a season-high 27 points on the night. Although, the Crimson lost both games, Peljto's play was promising of things to come...
...been to countless Harvard athletic events, but I haven't always been able to enjoy them. While friends sat in the stands eating popcorn and laughing, I was courtside furiously taking notes, forced to watch every play, even when the game was no longer interesting. After a defeat, I had to deal with the mad coaches and disheartened players, trying to get something out of them beyond the vacuous cliches like "We gave it 110 percent" or "It was a tough loss." Isn't 110 percent impossible? Aren't all losses tough...
...weeks later, the Crimson traveled to the Brown Invitational. There, Harvard again lost to Massachusetts, but rallied to defeat Iona and Dartmouth, with Gunderson earning the title of CWPA Women's Varsity Player of the Week...
...Crimson had just 11 forwards and defensemen available, as Shewchuk and junior co-captain Jennifer Botterill were both playing with the Canadian National Team, and freshman Mina Pell was still scoring goals for the Crimson field hockey team on the same weekend. Nevertheless, Harvard still hung close in defeat with a pair of nationally-ranked teams in spite of the reduced roster, proving that the Crimson could not be taken lightly no matter...
...While the Crimson's fifth consecutive defeat to then-No. 1 Dartmouth on Nov. 18 in Botterill's first game back was a setback, momentum turned back in Harvard's favor the next weekend, when Shewchuk passed A.J. Mleczko `97-`99 as the Crimson's all-time leading goal scorer. She would also break Mleczko's school records for assists and points before the end of the season...