Word: hitter
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Last year, we had a great team, but we had a lot of trouble closing in the fifth game,” said senior outside hitter Nilly Schweitzer. “This year’s team has such a palpably different attitude. We got to those last couple of points, and I knew—and I felt like everyone else on the court knew—that this was our match...
...Crimson reestablished its control during the third frame, jumping out to a 23-19 lead. The resulting Cornell timeout, however, proved to be to Harvard’s advantage, with kills by freshman outside hitter Laura Mahon and Schweitzer and a crucial block by Ogbechie helping the Crimson take seven of the next 11 points...
...ANALYZE A PERFORMANCE AFTER A GAME? I nitpick everything. If I throw a three-hitter and give up one run, I'll be trying to figure out how and why that run came in. It's the only way I can play the game. The night after a win, there's about 30 minutes of pure ecstasy, and that's the 30 minutes you're in the clubhouse with your teammates. And that goes away when I leave the park because I'm trying to figure out what I can do better five days later...
...pause in play did little to stem the surging Eagles, as BC outside hitter Allison Anderson recorded three straight aces to give her squad a double-digit advantage. Trailing 29-17, the Crimson ran off five straight points, forcing the Eagles to call a timeout, but a BC registered a match-clinching block on the first point after the stoppage for the 30-22 game four...
...would take the next point as well, and after the two sides went back and forth for a few points before outside hitter Katie Andersen converted a tip kill to give the Eagles game...