Word: ely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is one bright spot for the Harvard oarsmen, however. A short week after its amazing victory in Worcester, the Eli eight fell to perennial pushover Dartmouth in Syracuse by a hefty two lengths. And just to make it interesting, the same Syracuse crew that Harvard creams every year trashed the Big Green later that same afternoon. So you figure...
Senior Jack Cobetto led the Eli charge, as he did what is known in tennis jargon as "zoning." Cobetto opened by destroying Andy Chaikovsky in less than an hour at third singles, 6-2, 6-1, then he teamed with Bill Brady to clinch the team victory with an easy win at third doubles...
Despite those wins, the score stood at 3-2 Yale following Cobetto's win, and straight-set losses by Greg Kirsch and Todd Lundy--who never really got going at number one singles against talented Eli Matt Doyle in Lundy's first attempt to come back from a rib injury...
...extremely strong Eli crew stayed out of all the traffic, disappearing on the horizon and leaving Radcliffe and Rutgers to fight for second. Radcliffe maintained a less-than-one-boat lead over Rutgers up until the final 20 strokes of the race, but the Harvard sprint to the finish could not hold off Rutgers...
...freshman heavies enjoyed the lone success of the day with a thrilling comeback victory over the Yale freshmen. After carrying a six-seat lead through the middle section of the contest, the Radcliffe eight caught a boat-stopping crab and dropped three seats behind the Eli shell...