Word: eighth
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...realized from last year that one or two points over a season can be the difference between second place and eighth place,” said Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91. “We have our sights [set] at the top of the league, and we want to get home ice and get all the things that put us in a position for a championship at the end of the year, and wins like tonight when the game is back and forth, it’s nice to put those points away in the bank...
Harvard won at No. 1, 2, 3, and 4, while Cornell was victorious in the fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth positions. It was the No. 7 matchup between Crimson sophomore Alastair Smith and Cornell captain Omar Mangalji that decided the match...
...mark when Whitney Naslund snuck a goal past Harvard goalie Christina Kessler. Ryabkina fired next to help Harvard reclaim is four-goal margin, but the Engineers scored the game’s lone goal in the third period to reach the 5-2 final.Kessler earned her eighth win of the season with a 26-save effort. She currently leads the nation in save percentage at .956. —Staff writer Rebecca A. Compton can be reached at compton@fas.harvard.edu...
...slightly quieter day for the men, with only three top-10 finishers but 10 competitors in the top 15 of their respective events. Senior co-captain Alex Obrecht led the way for Harvard, finishing second in the shot put with a 14.32-meter throw. Junior Derek Jones finished eighth in the 400 meters, clocking in at 51.04, while sophomore Jonathan Brito finished eighth in the high jump after clearing 1.82 meters. Among those just outside the top 10 was a trio of freshmen, as Brian Hill placed 11th in the mile, Brian Reis finished 12th in the 1000 meters...
...later, though, I would find out in the most unlikely way that Dani was indeed back home - and doing just fine. On Nov. 23, 1999, I stumbled upon this passage in an Associated Press article about President Bill Clinton's one-day visit to celebrate victory in Kosovo: "An eighth-grader, Ramadan Ilazi, introduced Clinton, making his first visit to Kosovo since the war ended in June. 'You promised that you will bring us to our homes safe. You kept your promise,' the boy said ... " In the silence of my office, I let out something between a gasp...