Word: harvarditis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard's varsity soccer team was put at a very serious disadvantage in the NCAA university division soccer playoffs when T. Fred Holloway, Cortland State soccer coach and chairman of the NCAA tournament selection committee for the New York district, ruled that Columbia must postpone its scheduled match with Brown today and instead play Hartwick this afternoon in the New York NCAA finals...
Holloway's decision will affect the Crimson in two ways. First, Harvard, having played three games in the last ten days, will face a Brown team next Tuesday that has had a seven day respite...
...Crimson should succeed in defeating Brown, Harvard will play its fifth game in two weeks next Saturday against the winner of the Columbia-Hartwick game, a team which is coming off a complete week of rest...
...Harvard coach Bruce Munro said the decision would greatly affect the Crimson's chances in the playoffs. "Injuries are the key," he said. "We'll have only a few days to recuperate from bruises while the opposition will have a whole week...
...Harvard assistant director of Athletics, Eric Cutler, contacted the NCAA national headquarters in Illinois yesterday and received assurances that Holloway had overstepped his powers in canceling a previously scheduled game when an open date was available. A written protest would have been accepted, but the Columbia team was already on a bus to Hartwick...