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...problems up and down the pitching roster forced the Crimson (0-3) out of three straight games at SEC power Florida last weekend. Harvard will enter this weekend’s road series at the New York Institute of Technology (3-3) with just two sure things on the mound: freshman Adam Cole, who shined in the season opener, and ace sophomore Shawn Haviland. “Normally at this time of year the pitching is ahead of the hitting,” Haviland says. “We weren’t happy about the results [against Florida...
...hits and drawing 24 walks over the three games.“They’re a well-coached team,” Vance said. “When we gave them baserunners, they knew what to do with them.”Harvard’s most effective mound performance during the weekend belonged to freshman Adam Cole, who started the season’s first game on Friday. The rookie from Sudbury, Mass. made good on the trust shown by the coaching staff, allowing just two runs until he was bumped during a two-run Florida sixth...
...Taillac pounces on the envelopes on her table. "When I get the packets, it's like sweets," she says. She unfolds rainbow moonstones, sparkling rose-quartz disks, aquamarines, mirrorlike smoky quartz ("the stone of depressed people") and a mound of sprinkles identified as multicolored sapphires. "Here's an order," she says. "And here's a problem: the buyer has indicated that for some items she would like two. These are stones; they occur in nature. I cannot get the same twice. But Justine will try." Justine Rumeau, De Taillac's right hand of six years, is already sorting through citrines...
...think if he was back we could have made a run at being a Top 25 team. And then [Morgalis], I think he might have been at Harvard for 17 years.”Those departures leave Haviland as the lone returning regular on the mound, with a promising trio of freshman hurlers joining an intriguing collection of veterans to help him chew up innings for the Crimson in 2006.Haviland, the de facto ace, went 7-1 in 14 appearances during his freshman campaign, leading the team with a 3.10 ERA and holding opponents to a .225 batting average...
...going to have impact right away.”IT’S ALL O’ VERTOVEZHaling from West Islip, NY, Vertovez recognizes that college ball in Cambridge poses a more difficult challenge than her high school days in New York.The adjustment is especially tough on the mound.“Hitters are much stronger in college,” Vertovez says. “And now with the mound 43 feet out instead of 40 in high school, my riseball rises a little too fast for the hitters.” She will have to adjust fast...