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...previous two instances the Harvard and Yale field hockey teams met, the game lasted into double-overtime. Saturday afternoon at Jordan Field, the matchup between the Crimson and the Bulldogs ended in regulation, but it featured the same brand of drama. Freshman midfielder Carly Dickson scored her first collegiate goal late in the second half to break a scoreless tie and propel Harvard (2-3, 1-0 Ivy) to a 1-0 victory. Dickson’s goal came on a penalty stroke with 10:04 remaining in the game. The penalty came after Dickson fired a shot that...
...Located just a few miles from each other, these teams played a close game in more ways than the final score could show. Each team fired 20 shots on the day, with the Crimson holding a slight 5-4 edge in corner kicks. In such a close matchup, veteran leadership—especially during Wylie and Rhodes’ goals—shone through. On a particularly young roster, Leone’s seniors made their presence felt. “I challenge each one of them all the time about saying something to someone, doing something positive here...
...America East), 3-0. The win marked the first home victory for the 2008 team, as well as the first win at Ohiri Field for the Crimson’s new head coach, Jamie Clark. Harvard (2-1-0) got goals from three different players during the matchup. Co-captain Mike Fucito, who leads the team in scoring, began the offensive action when he found the net in the 52nd minute of the match. Even though Fucito is one of five athletes on the team who recently underwent surgery, he has not let his injury affect his ability to lead...
...attempts to dismiss Obama remind me of the Carter-Reagan matchup of 1980, another supposed referendum election. Ronald Reagan was ... a celebrity, a movie star, a right-wing lightweight. It seemed impossible--to most Democrats, at least--that he could win, although he did hold a slight lead going into the conventions. The fall campaign was very close--until, finally, the two candidates debated a week before the election, and the celebrity cleaned the President's clock. "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" Reagan asked in his closing statement. He seemed every bit as substantial...
...Crimson and the Bulldogs represented the marquee matchup on the sunny June afternoon, drawing the largest crowd in the short tenure of the sponsorship of Jack Wills. Jack Wills is a British clothing retailer that’s popular among wealthy English students...