Word: harper
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harper quickly points out that's it been more than just the stroke of her magic Wand that has brought her squad out of the depths of despair and into today's championship game. Sure, the Big Green machine caught a few teams by surprise early in the season, had the fortune to meet pre-season Ivy favorite Penn on neutral turf, and did defeat three Ivy foes by a total of three goals. But, as Harper says, the Dartmouth squad "has played consistently all year. And once the girls saw that they could win, they just started playing better...
...real good shape right now." Harper says. "We've got no injuries and everyone is playing really well...
...that's what concerns Harper. She'll have to contend with Crimson All-Americans Francesca DenHartog and Maureen Finn, the ever-consistent Jennifer White and the ever-improving Maggie Hart, who together have combined for 145 of Harvard's 192 goals this year...
...think if we can shut down their big guns we'll be all right," Harper says. "We'll need to stop Fran (DenHartog) and Mo Finn, who is probably the most underrated player in the entire area...
Regardless of what happens today, though, Harper says, this season has been more than she ever would have dreamed. "No matter what happens out there," she says of her Cinderella squad, "I couldn't be more pleased with this team...