Word: hockey
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last Wednesday, the Harvard field hockey (4-1) team made the trek down I-95 with a single goal in mind: to defeat the No. 1 ranked team in the country, the University of Connecticut...
...Heading into the contest, the Crimson had victories in each of their first four matches of the year. One must go back to 1990 to find a Crimson team that has maintained such a successful start. The 1990 crew finished with a 11-5-1 record, giving Harvard field hockey its first Ivy League title...
...Lions (1-3, 0-1 Ivy), which began competing in Ivy League field hockey in 1997, had been outscored 9-1 by the Crimson in two previous meetings...
...They have some big hitters and they were able to get some tips," Caples said. "Field hockey is a game of inches and they got some breaks on deflections...
...Crimson played grass-style hockey in the first, over-emphasizing dribbling and two-touch passes in the midfield. In the second, Harvard accentuated the one-touch and opened up the field, taking advantage of its speed and size on the turf...