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After averaging seven-and-a-half runs per game in their first four contests, the batswomen scored only four against Wheaton on Monday, and could only eke out the lone run yesterday...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Boston College Squeaks Past Batswomen, 2-1 | 4/10/1985 | See Source »

...closer than four seat lengths until just 50 meters remained in the 1500 meter contest, the Black and White lightweights sprinted in the final 20 strokes to eke out the narrowest of victories...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Radcliffe Heavies Upset Princeton; Lights Come Back to Snag Winant Cup | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

Although the first two games of this three-out-of-five match made victory appear easy, with scores of 15-1 and 15-4, the hosts nearly lost control of the context in the third game. But with the score tied at 14-14, Harvard managed to eke out a third success, rallying to win back the serve, and defeating Wheaton by a mere two points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Spikers Sweep in Home Debut | 9/23/1983 | See Source »

...netmen took off from there, scoring wins at numbers two, four and five to effectively put the match away. Second seed Warren Grossman allowed an old New York rival, Lior Rusinek, to eke out a gutsy win in the first set. But Grossman battled back to take the next two sets easily and the match...

Author: By Marco L. Quazzo, | Title: Netmen Take Home Opener, Roll Over Ohio State, 6-3 | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

While the Crimson was hammering away at Tortorella's few weak spots to eke out two goals. Harvard's Grant Blair--scored upon just three times in his last three games--was blanking the very same Elis who had shelled him two weeks earlier. As Bright center fans know. Blair usually stays on his feet, but he wanders out of the net a little often...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Two Goalies, No Sieves | 2/22/1983 | See Source »

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