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...inevitability almost slipped away last week. The three Afghan warlords in control of alliance forces began the week with a successful assault on the Milawa Valley, the lone entrance to Tora Bora from the north. Al-Qaeda soldiers fled quickly, though they did manage to kill a few alliance troops. Having taken the territory, the warlords committed a major tactical error: they withdrew from the valley. When alliance forces returned the next day, they were greeted by three al-Qaeda fighters armed with machine guns who opened fire from 200 meters. No alliance soldiers were killed, but the morning...
...line but was able to work the puck along the boards to freshman winger Brendan Bernakevitch in the corner. Bernakevitch then made a perfect feed in front to sophomore forward Tim Pettit, who buried it for a 3-1 Crimson advantage at 3:03 of the second period. The lone goal of the second period was Pettit’s seventh on the year but his first in an even-strength situation...
...left by Pickney, especially on defense and on the boards. O’Neill tied her career-high with 19 point against Army on Nov. 20, including a basket that sent the game into overtime with six seconds to go. Columbia also returns its two most accurate shooters. Lone senior Bramlette will contribute her team-best 77.8 free-throw percentage and Day led the team with a 44.4 field-goal percentage last year...
Saturday was just the latest example. Led by the combined efforts of Drew Gellert and Brady Merchant, Harvard shut down Stony Brook’s lone scoring threat, point guard D.J. Munir, holding him to 7-of-21 shooting. If not for some uncharacteristic free-throw troubles late in the second half, Harvard might have put Stony Brook away much earlier in the game...
...lone loss was in the No. 1 match-up between Louisa Hall and Cornell senior Olga Puigdeont Sola...