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...traveling Harvard women’s soccer team, home was a welcome sight.In its first game at Ohiri Field in 2008, the Crimson (2-2-1, 0-0 Ivy) came out firing and held off previously unbeaten Davidson (2-1-3, 0-0 Southern) for a 2-1 victory on Friday afternoon.The Crimson went 7-2 at Ohiri Field last season and was ready to return home after logging plenty of hours en route to its first three games in California and New Hampshire.“We’ve gone across the country twice, then played New Hampshire...
...Long Beach State (8-1) overpowered the Crimson, 3-1, in the finale.LONG BEACH STATE 3, HARVARD 0The 49ers proved to be too much, sweeping Harvard in the final event of the Invitational, 25-17, 25-11, 25-8.Long Beach landed an early lead in the first set and held onto it for the rest of the game. Although the Crimson managed to cut the deficit to 9-6, the 49ers slammed down five kills and a few aces to pull ahead, 17-10. Unable to close the gap, Harvard succumbed to the Beach, 25-17.The Crimson managed to keep up with...
...game, but McVeigh was denied by Friars goaltender Rachel Chamberlain. The Crimson had another near miss shortly after Judson’s first goal when freshman midfielder Carly Dickson fired a shot that barely ricocheted off the post. Providence, however, dominated the decisive second half. The Friars held a 10-0 advantage in shots and a 7-0 edge in penalty corners for the period. “They really dominated the tone of the game,” Stone said. “We didn’t give up, and I think that paid off [yesterday against UMass...
...inconsistency in the bishops' actions. In a recent interview with Religion News Service, Archbishop Chaput was asked why he has not also denounced the conflict between John McCain's support for embryonic stem-cell research and his statement that life begins at conception. Chaput responded by denying that McCain held that position. When reminded by the interviewer that McCain has made public statements of support for embryonic stem-cell research on numerous occasions, Chaput switched gears, arguing that he would only have reason to express criticism if McCain had vocal Catholic support, "if a group came out [called] Catholics...
...demands of the elite have gelled into "autonomy," meaning greater regional control over everything from land ownership to police to gas revenue royalties. The four departments, or states, of Tarija, Beni, Pando and Santa Cruz held non-legally sanctioned referendums earlier this year, approving their own autonomy statutes. Though these statutes have not yet been implemented, they have led the opposition to reject the newly written constitution, which is key to Morales' efforts to redress what his supporters see as centuries of domination over indigenous Bolivians...