Word: hofstra
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard's grapplers surprised everybody including themselves Saturday when they whipped UMass, 24-18, and battled Hofstra to a reasonable 25-13 loss at UMass's Boyden...
...opening match, Hofstra, a Long Island bastion of matmen, got off to a slow start. Harvard's Dan Blakinger grabbed a quick win at 118 lbs. by contorting his opponent for over ten points...
Mitchell Silvermen at 126 lbs. and Bill Haley at 134 lbs. tried to follow captain Blakinger's act, but Hofstra's matmen refused to comply, winning...
...combination of Hofstra complacency and a superior performance by George Baker at 142 lbs. netted the Crimson three points. Baker topped Hiddyaka Sino, who was second in the AAU nationals last year...
Mike Bee won his match at 150 lbs. for Harvard, but Lee forfeited the 158 lbs. spot to save Jim Gebhart for the second match against UMass. Cris Kimball (167 lbs.), Jim Strathmeyer (177 lbs.), and Bruce Johnson (190 lbs.) all went down to defeat, sealing the match for Hofstra...