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...It’s because I can, or even more so, because it’s something I may not always be capable of doing. I don’t want to deal with the frustration of not being able to kick myself in the rear for avoiding the stairs all of those years...
...These athletes play for the love of the game, for the competition, and for the chance to represent their school with the rest of their team. They play because they can. They play because if they didn’t, they would kick themselves...
...give Harvard credit for coming up with some big plays when they had to, and certainly they are a very good football team.” The opening kickoff set the tone when Penn’s Matt Tuten got flagged for a late hit on the kick return, taking 10 yards off of Chris Wynn’s return. On the whole, there were 13 flags on the day. The Crimson tallied five, accounting for 58 yards, and the Quakers racked up eight for 61 yards. “Stating the obvious, they gave us all we could handle...
...injuries. But losses sustained both before and during the game might have hurt the Crimson down the stretch.Co-captain Nikki Rhodes, who had appeared in every game in 2008 and started about half of them, sat out all 110 minutes on Friday night. But in the round of penalty kicks, Leone brought Rhodes in for a cameo on Harvard’s first shot.Rhodes seemed to have no trouble completing the kick, but Northeastern keeper Stephanie Gordon guessed correctly and made a leaping save to give her Huskies an early advantage.No less significant than Rhodes’ injury...
...play, the result of Harvard and Northeastern’s epic first round NCAA tournament clash remained in doubt.Tied at 2-2, the teams moved to penalty kicks.After thrilling saves from both Crimson junior keeper Lauren Mann and Huskie freshman net minder Stephanie Gordon, the score, in penalty kicks, was tied once again, 2-2.The fates of two teams hung in the balance. One was moving on to face No.10 Boston College in the second round. The other was going home.Unfortunately for the Harvard faithful packing the stands, it was not the Crimson’s night.Northeastern stepped up to drill...