Word: houlihan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whatever the cause, the spikers simply did not perform, displaying the sloppy passing that has characterized each Harvard failure this season Back-row players misdirected their passes, forcing setters Brad Martin and Tom Houlihan too close to or too far from the net. The passes prevented them from successfully setting up the hitters...
Despite the disappointing loss, the Crimson had three victories to celebrate. Senior Co-captain Tom Houlihan and freshman Jon Ross garnered All-Ivy honors, while teammate Dave Twite earned a spot on the league's second team...
Defense, often a weakness in Harvard's game, kept the spikers in the match. Houlihan, Jon Tanaka and Sean Doyle dove all over the court, scraping the playing surface to prevent Tiger hits from landing in the back court. Princeton often avoided the Crimson back row, however, scoring by deflecting the ball out of bounds off the hands of the Harvard blockers...
Setter Tom Houlihan, the only Crimson starter to take the court for the third game, tried his hand as a hitter. The senior co-captain found considerable success, drilling two of the match's best spikes down into the hardwood on the Yale side...
Tanaka's final-game heroics shouldn't have been necessary, however Harvard's sloppy defense and passing kept Springfield in the game Often the passers overshot the mark, sending the ball too close to the net and handcuffing setters Brad Martin and Tom Houlihan. When the ball got within inches of the net, Martin and Houlihan had to jump set the ball, limiting their choice of placement. Springfield could tell where the sets had to go, and Harvard spikers found themselves up against some powerful double blocks...