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...goal, clad in armor that included hip pads, shin guards, kickers--field hockey goalie boots--and a pelvic guard, (for crotch shots teammates nicknamed "flying birth control") Mayer became a defensive machine as passionate about the sport as she was skilled at perfecting it. Although she played basketball and track in the off-season, Mayer's sights increasingly concentrated on field hockey...
Grabbing a wooden framed picture from the mantle, Mayer indicates a helmeted figure in jersey number 24 (that was the biggest jersey they had) surrounded by smiling teammates in pleated hockey skirts...
...remember who we played that day," Mayer says. "My number was 00. Double nothing...
...Mayer says she was actively recruited by coach Sue Caples and, although wait listed, was eventually admitted to the College and drafted to the varsity team as backup goalie...
...season progressed, Mayer discovered the perks of being a Harvard athlete. The equipment was fancier, a laundry service cleaned her dirty jersies and instead of the worn green vinyl seats of Rhinebeck buses, Harvard had reclining cushioned numbers with televisions in the aisles...