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...pair of women's squads enjoyed less than successful seasons. The women's hockey team entered the Ivy Tournament with several solid games behind it and with hopes for a high finish in the tourney. The team finished last. With Elaine Holpuch in the pivot, the women's hoopsters posted an unimpressive 8-18 mark, fluctuating wildly between occasionally effective play and abjectly abysmal contests...
...remaining 11 shots while passing the ball upfield to the sophomore-senior combination of Kerry Bryan and White. Bryan and White each in turn passed to Den Hartog, who scored two goals in the final minutes to cap Harvard's day. Den Hartog's last goal was a wheel-pivot and unload shot that left the Yale goalie cringing in the corner...
Moving, jostling inside, the freshman is a physical player, crashing the boards and picking up more than his share of points on offensive rebounds. With Joe Carrabino, they formed the best rookie combination in the Ivy League, perhaps in all of the east. His pivot is a thing of beauty. Speaking of Carrabino, rumor has it (wink, wink) that the New England basketball coaches voted him the best rookie in Division...
...neither of the seniors play. McLaughlin will go with a starting line-up showcasing three rookies. Sophomore Bob McCabe--playing his first season of Harvard basketball--will start in the pivot, flanked by freshmen Monroe Trout and Joe Carrabino. Calvin Dixon and Donald Fleming will start in the back-court...
...first half, and was absent from the Harvard lineup for the remainder of the game... McLaughlin, anticipating the fast-paced transition game, started Carrabino at center in place of 6-ft., 10-in. Bob McCabe. The freshman proved his coach right, with an excellent game in the pivot... The Portland Trail Balzers' Kermit Washington was the last American University player to make it big in the pros. Boo Bowers, whom NBA general managers say is a potential first-round draft choice, will be the next...