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...confidence high, Harvard’s players have regained the swagger that’s been missing since 2005. “East Stroudsburg has surely been preparing all week to play us,” McKiernan said. “They think our win last weekend was a fluke, but we are going to crush them on Saturday.” —Staff writer Karan Lodha can be reached at klodha@fas.harvard.edu...
Previous to last year the Harvard women’s team had never been Ivy Champions either, and Co-captain Chloe Stinetorf said that it was exciting to prove that last year’s success was no fluke with this consecutive victory...
...That small triumph passed largely unnoticed, given the cartoon conflagrations throughout the Islamic world. And it's possible that a peaceful Ashura was just a fluke; there was plenty of violence elsewhere in Iraq last week. Insurgent attacks-about 70 a day-are significantly higher than they were last year. But there are curious patterns to the violence, which may have something to do with the absence of carnage in Karbala. Last summer al-Zarqawi apparently received a letter-later released by the U.S. government-from the al-Qaeda leadership ordering him to stop bombing Islamic innocents. Recently al-Zarqawi...
...points on 14-of-19 shooting. Dudley also pulled down eight boards and dished out five assists.“They’ve got a lot of tough covers, and they pass really well,” Sullivan said. “It’s not a fluke that they’re ranked.”Smith stole the show, however, as he nailed a shot from the left baseline while lying down after he tripped when making a move to his left. After stumbling to the ground, Smith lofted the ball toward the hoop...
Freshman point guard Drew Hausman also stepped up in this, his first collegiate game outside of Cambridge. Three days after notching 13 points, four rebounds, and three assists in his debut against Vermont, Hausman showed he was no fluke, posting 13, three, and three against the Crusaders...