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...still play with the same intensity, I just don't hate the way I used to," Harvard fullback Chris Doherty was saying at Quincy House last week. The occasion was the eve of the Brown game--Harvard's "do or die" contest of the year--and Doherty was reflecting on his Harvard football career...
...fullback leads the Crimson in rushing with 262 yards, is the squad's second leading pass receiver, and--perhaps his best asset of all--is a punishing blocker...
Despite being handicapped by injuries incurred earlier in the day, which sidelined center fullback Sarah Fischer and right wing Julie Brynteson, the Crimson managed to dominate most of the first half of the crucial playoff as seemingly tireless striker Ellen Hart and Brynteson's replacement, Marsha Hamelin, spearheaded repeated thrusts into the Tufts penalty area...
...almost struck Harvard. A handball gave Tufts a free kick outside the penalty area with only six minutes left. Seconds after the kick, a Tufts shot deflected past Radcliffe goalie Irene Kacandes and headed for the back of the net. It did not reach the nylon, however, as Crimson fullback Paula Levihn stepped in out of nowhere to stop the ball on the goalline and to restart Harvard hearts by clearing the ball to the side of the field...
Besides tying Tufts 1-1 the women's soccer team also ruined U-Mass's 6-0 unbeaten slate, beating them 2-1, and thrashed Mt. Holyoke 3-0 in the preliminary games. Right fullback Natalie Roe played exceptionally well in all 150 minutes of those three games, mixing an excellent sense of when to get rid of the ball quickly with the poise to start constructive offensive movements when she had the time...