Word: games
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard coach Mike Strickland attributed the disappointing loss to defensive mistakes. "We have to concentrate on the execution of simple things," he said after the game...
After Harvard edged in front, the Crimson bubble went flat. The scrappy, unskilled, and often slow Wesleyan side dragged the Crimson down to its level. Smith, usually the most consistent Harvard player, could not make his presence felt in the last 65 minutes of the game. Without his spearheading runs, the Crimson front four seemed unable to create goal-scoring chances...
Substituting for the injured Pete Walsh, who hyper-extended his hand in practice and may be healed for Saturday's UConn game, goalie Billy Blood rose to the task on the one or two occasions he was tested. With about 15 minutes left he leapt high to punch a free kick away from the dangerous head of 6'5" Steve Mooney...
...last few minutes of the game, Harvard regained a little of its earlier intensity. Villar almost banged home a beautiful, soft Walter Diaz chip with his knee and thigh but Coombs managed to come out to block the ball. Right before the whistle, captain and fullback John Sanacare, pushing forward for only the second or third time in the game, launched a cross that Keller-Sarmiento flicked with his head and Coombs had to tip over...
Harvard began the game slowly with a defensive strategy. Neither Harvard's Ben Erulkar nor Wesleyan's Frank Wood were tested heavily at either end of the field...