Word: hartwick
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With just two minutes left in the game. Crimson booters began hoping for a replay of the Hartwick game last Saturday, when Harvard lasted through regulation play and, after a rest, dominated the overtime sessions...
Another outstanding Hartwick freshman-who has an excellent chance of becoming an All-American by the end of his sophomore year-is goalie Frank Van Der Sommen. Whereas Meyers, hampered by an injured knee. let the ball come to him many of the times, Van Der Sommen continually moved out of the crease to catch high kicks and passes, cutting off possible scoring threats. "It may be a sacrilegious thing to say, but I think Hartwicks' goalie outplayed Meyers." one Crimson fan said after the game...
...third period started out slowly for the Crimson. Hartwick once again took the initiative, but could not get past the Crimson fullbacks. On one play, the Warriors charged Meyers with three forwards. Sophomore fullback Chris Wilmot-whom Munro calls the "sweeper" on his 3-man defense-managed to turn away one Warrior, block the other two, and gain possession of the ball...
Near the end of the third period, the Crimson booters began to move. The ball stayed almost exclusively on the Hartwick side of the field. Howeer, Harvard could not put the ball past Van Der Sommen...
...sounded, and the score stood. 0-0. After a five minute rest, play began once more. Harvard had the ball in Hartwick territory for almost the whole overtime period. They did manage to get one corner kick. (If the game had gone on for four overtime periods without a goal, the team with the most corner kicks would have been declared the winner...