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Duke was the NCAA runner-up last season, and its skill and prowess is realistically the main reason that a bang-out crowd of 3000 showed up at Briggs. Still, Harvard did itself proud with a gutty performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Silly Putty | 2/11/1987 | See Source »

Number 2 Harvard (last year's runner-up) still trails Michigan State (last year's national champion), while Boston College and Minnesota, two more of the 1985-'86 national quarterfinalists, remain in this season's top five...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: MacDonald Mania Mauls McCormack | 12/17/1986 | See Source »

Dartmouth, which was the national runner-up to Cal-Berkeley a year ago, receives $10,000 a year from its Athletic Department, money the team uses to pay for professional coaching and the maintenance of its field...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Making a Bid for the Big Time | 12/16/1986 | See Source »

...Chiarelli overcame that. He's captain of the team that once benched him. He's leading the NCAA runner-up in a race for this year's title. He has two goals as captain--to inspire the other players, and "to win the NCAA Championship...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: The Reluctant Poster Boy | 12/12/1986 | See Source »

Harvard finished third at Easterns one year ago--behind champion Brown and runner-up Penn State--and the team needs a strong year from everyone in order to vault past the Nittany Lions and the Bruins...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Next Stop, Eastern Seaboards | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

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