Word: dual
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Although the meet included participants from seven area universities, the Harvard team viewed the competition as a virtual dual meet with Boston University, which had defeated the aquawomen 75-76 earlier this season to hand Harvard its first loss...
Indeed, no one should be blamed for the loss--to do this would detract from Princeton's effort. Harvard was over-confident entering the meet, and very well might have been looking past the Tigers to the dual meet with Indiana this weekend. But the Crimson did not swim poorly; many season's best times were recorded...
Harvard has won five of those six dual meets, but until last year Princeton's depth proved superior in the Eastern Championships...
This year the situation is somewhat different. Barring tragedy or a miraculous performance by the Tigers at the Easterns, the Crimson's loaded stable will run away from the competition there. But in dual meets the collegiate scoring system (five points for first, three for second, one for third) emphasizes the importance of the performances of a few individuals, making possible the upset of a strong team by a weaker one whose starts come through in the critical events...
...This has a dual purpose. We would like to force a court decision laying out just how much protection Harvard has under the state constitution," councilor David Sullivan, who drafted the measure, said Monday...