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...whose superior length, quickness, and strength helped limit Harvard’s second-leading scorer to just nine points on 3-of-10 shooting from the field overall and 1-of-6 from three-point range. During a crucial stretch late in the second half with Harvard making a last-ditch effort to cut into the Yale lead, Hughes blocked three-point attempts by Goffredo on consecutive possessions. Overall, Goffredo—who led Harvard with 40 treys coming into the game—looked as uncomfortable shooting the ball as he has all season, hoisting several airballs...
Virgin America is in a frenzied, last-ditch effort to get the DOT to change its mind, so the airline is turning to would-be customers for help. The company had planned to keep a tight lid on details about its planes until tickets went on sale. That strategy is history as the airline seeds websites like YouTube, Flickr and Digg with stories, pictures and video, hoping to gin up the sort of viral, user-generated movement that--we are told--now shapes our world. "We want to say to the consumers of America, this is what you're missing...
...three minutes left, and it’s really difficult to come back.”With a minute and a half left on the clock, the Crimson hoped to heighten its offensive pressure by pulling goalie Brittany Martin for a 6-on-5 man-advantage.Harvard’s last-ditch efforts were not enough to topple the Huskies, as the game concluded with a 3-2 loss for the Crimson.“We were playing to win; we’re obviously going to take the chance on them scoring on the empty net if we could...
...during the man-advantage opportunity, center Michael Kennedy was able to take the puck the other way for a breakaway, faking right before depositing the puck in the left side of the net for the game-winning score.While Donato pulled Richter with just under a minute left in a last-ditch effort to tie the score, a tripping penalty on Fraser negated the advantage, allowing Cornell to skate off with the win.“It’s extremely disappointing,” Donato said of the loss. “Games that we need to find...
...withstood the Crimson pressure during the man-advantage opportunity, center Michael Kennedy took the puck the other way for a breakaway, faking right before depositing the puck in the left side of the net for the game-winning score.Donato pulled Richter with just under a minute left in a last-ditch effort to tie the score, but a tripping penalty on Fraser negated the advantage, allowing Cornell to skate off with the win.“It’s extremely disappointing,” Donato said of the loss. “Games that we need to find...