Word: mounded
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...chef hunkers over a circular cutting board, pushing a few small, rosy slices of raw lamb into a pile. Then Wayne Nish begins to chop until he's left with a mound of lamb tartar, which he molds into the shape of a bonbon and arranges on a square white plate, alongside an identical mound of tuna tartar. Between them he dribbles a cascade of osetra caviar, tiny shimmering globules the color of wet seaweed. Aside from a delicate sprig of cilantro, nothing else is on the plate...
Sophomore Tiffany Whitton, who will likely start the second game against Dartmouth, also had a strong week for the Crimson from both the plate and the mound to make the Ivy League honor roll. Offensively, she has batted .522 over the past seven games, including a 6-for-12 performance against Brown and Yale. Whitton also crushed a home run and a double to give her six RBI to go along with her four runs scored in the three doubleheaders. As prolific as she was in those contests with the bat, though, Whitton was just as stingy pitching, allowing only...
...stranger to Crimson Athlete of the Week honors, senior softball pitcher Chelsea Thoke usually receives the distinction because of her amazing performances on the mound...
This week, however, Thoke claims the honor as much for her work at the plate as on the mound...
Thoke smacked one home run against Brown on Saturday and one against Yale on Sunday. She now has four on the season, and her strength at the plate has earned her a spot in the line-up even when she isn’t on the mound...