Word: postseason
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Harvard’s shutout—its seventh of the year—also furthered its case for an at-large berth in postseason play, an invitation that was extended to the Crimson...
It’s that kind of toughness that this senior class—for which nothing came easy—embodied. In addition to Westfall’s recent injury, Fisher rushed back from a badly injured right ankle when her team still had postseason aspirations and didn’t seem quite right even on Saturday, when she still sported layers of tape on the joint. During Fisher’s absence, Hodel had to get stitches in her bottom lip after a 6-0 win on Oct. 15 over Holy Cross...
...long-suffering Cubs and Red Sox were the sentimental postseason favorites. The A's, Braves and Giants were respected veterans. Then there were the inevitable Yankees--haughty and dominant, with a pitching rotation that could walk into the Hall of Fame. But it was the young, underrated FLORIDA MARLINS--a franchise just 11 years old, with a 72-year-old manager and a laughable attendance record--who survived. After eliminating the Giants and the Cubs, Florida fell behind two games to one against the Yanks, only to roar back with three straight wins, ending with 23-year-old Josh Beckett...
That the Crimson’s tournament experience has been full of disappointments is something that coach Mark Mazzoleni and his players believe will be essential to turning postseason disappointment into success this year...
...loss of Chris Higgins, the co-MVP of the ECAC a year ago, hurts. Tim Taylor ’63, a Harvard alum, still has enough guns on his forward lines to cover for a lackluster defense, but will ultimately falter against the better teams in the postseason...