Word: playing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rhode Island controlled the play early in the first half, although they launched few good shots. The Crimson, in fact, had the best early chance as Mauro Keller-Sarmiento trapped a feed from the side and boomed a hard, turn-around shot from the right corner of the penalty box that ricocheted off the top of the near upright...
...rest of the first stanza Rhode Island controlled midfield and kept Harvard hemmed into their own half. Taking advantage of Harvard goalie Billy Blood's short drop kicks and the belowpar play of Crimson mid-fielders Michael Smith and Andy Kronfeld, Rhode Island mounted several attacks. Only Blood's acrobatics in the net kept the visitors off the scoreboard. Blood raced repeatedly out of the goalmouth to smother dangerous crosses and soft shots. At 41:15 he made a miraculous save with a full length dive to block a low shot a yard off the foot of a URI forward...
Harvard surprised the small crowd in the second half, however, playing more aggressively, controlling at least half the play and edging out in front for good after seven minutes of the half. Michael Smith tapped a free kick to John Duggan who rammed the ball off a confused URI defense and into the left corner...
...emotional nature of the Harvard-Tufts rivalry was underscored as the Crimson prepared to return to Cambridge. In an exceedingly shocking display of poor taste combined with poor sportsmanship, the Tuft's coach, armed with his own copy of "How to Play Dirty Tennis," congratulated the women for their victory, but questioned the ethical standards of the team. Several Tufts players have lost matches to Harvard in the tournaments held this fall...
...Crimson, now 5-2, once again showed coordinated team play as it downed the hapless Eagles, who sunk to 1-8-1. Aided by the artificial surface, the swift Crimson forward line exerted constant pressure on the Eagle net, and forced play into...