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Limericks: Too Gross (Norton, $7.95 hardcover). Asimov the poetaster and John Ciardi the poet might seem like an odd couple. But the two, who first met at a writers' conference, are close friends. They are also competitors and over the past several years have tried, with limited success, to top each other at composing limericks. The result of their 1978 Shootout is a book in which each offers 144 of the five-liners. One of Ciardi's milder offerings reads: "Said a voice from the back of the car,/ 'Young man, I don't know...
Huber's linemates on the "Green Line" are Sara Fischer (5-14-19) and Meg Streeter (4-4-8). The "Blue Line" will be led by Lauren Norton (7-9-16), who admirably filled the offensive gap left by Huber's brief absence by contributing two goals and two assists against Wesleyan; Sue Yunick and Reed complete the combination...
After Wesleyan cut Harvard's margin to one on a screened shot from the point, Norton closed out period one with a re-run of her earlier tally. Captain Bell supplied the assist this time, as she sent a pass to Norton along the right boards before the sophomore winger deposited the puck into net's far corner to give Harvard a 3-1 lead...
Some sloppy stickwork in front of the Harvard goal allowed Wesleyan to close to 3-2 midway through the second period, but Reed gave the Crimson some breathing room when she banged in a Norton centering pass 11 minutes into the stanza...
...Norton's tally--her seventh of the season--proved to be the winner, as Harvard's customary third-period letdown did not prove fatal. The firepower of Norton wasn't all Harvard skaters had going for them on Saturday, though...