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...this has placed a good deal of pressure on Pendergast, who must play well and boost the younger teammates' morale at the same time. Says Scalise, "He's been a great captain just by his great play," which inspires teammates to try just as hard...
...Pendergast, always giving credit to the defense in front of him, explains that after the poor start, "the whole defense expected that low scoring output and it is trying to hold it together. We just try to do the best we can." As for the morale problem, the netminder asserts that "any negative feeling has been combatted pretty quickly. We tried to point out the positive areas. We didn't give up, and we've put it together...
...Pendergast, who is listed as 6 ft., 4 in and 210 pounds, played lacrosse in high school, but his initial interest with sports at Harvard was football. But as a varsity backup goalie freshman year, he became hooked on lacrosse for the first time. "The competition I had in high school was nothing compared to what I've seen here," he said, explaining why he didn't consider playing for a lacrosse powerhouse like Cornell, where up to 5000 fans turn out for games (while rarely more than 200 show up at the B School field for Harvard's games...
...Pendergast credits his defense for his own success throughout his Crimson career as well as in this year's rough stretches. "The people in front of me have made a huge difference in my play in four years. The shots I've had to stop have been from far away and have been ones I've expected...
...future, Pendergast, who majors in Sociology with a Religion minor, will teach religion and coach lacrosse at the Canterbury School, a private school in Connecticut...