Word: polos
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With just 18 seconds left in the first game of the Eastern Championships, co-captain Rick Offsay and senior John Lynch gave the Harvard men’s water polo team the chance to take home first, second or third place with a timely block against Salem International. The block allowed the Crimson to take the game 9-8, and move on to the semifinals of the Easterns for the first time since the seniors were freshman...
When the Crimson’s offensive spurt finally arrived later in the game, it was too little, too late. Offsay contributed three goals, while Marvin-Smith and Lynch each tallied one apiece, a strong finish for their final Harvard water polo game...
...down on ourselves, but we trained really hard for the last three weeks,” Offsay said. “I have never been prouder of a team. They’re a great group of guys, not only from a team standpoint, or a water polo standpoint, but just a great group to be with...
Before the Northern Division Championships, Eric Byrd was more familiar with the bench than with the net. While the sophomore had played in a handful of games, he normally entered the game when the men’s water polo team had a sizable lead and was able to play without the enormous weight of a must-win situation on his shoulders...
Remember “The Catch”? Willie Mays, racing back into the bowels of the cavernous centerfield at the Polo Grounds and reaching out to cradle in a 450-foot blast with his back to the infield? The ball was hit by Cleveland’s Vic Wertz in the top of the eighth of Game 1 of the 1954 World Series with runners on first and second and nobody out in a 2-2 game. Needless to say, the runners didn’t score. The Giants won the game, and went on to win the Series...