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...Runnerup: "It was like playing tennis on a backboard." --Harvard field hockey's Loren Ambinder, after she alternated with senior Sharon Landau to deflect four consecutive shots off the pads of the Holy Cross goalie Tuesday. The fourth shot--by Landau--deflected into the net for the only goal in the Crimson's 1-0 victory...
...remained as unflappable in triumph as in defeat. Last week, when Anderson was named the N.F.L.'s Most Valuable Player, Bill Walsh said, "I have felt all along that Ken was the greatest forward passer in the N.F.L. in recent years. Our Joe Montana is a worthy runnerup, but Ken is the M.V.P." Replied Anderson: "Awww, that's Bill. Just blowing smoke...
...three seniors on the Harvard squad had seen the racquetwomen finish runnerup to the Tigers in each of the past three seasons. It was only a small consolation, then, that senior Wendy Sonnabend, ruined the Princeton sweep with a fourgame victory in the seventh position. Playing in her last Harvard match, Sonnabend dropped the first game, 15-12, but then stormed back to take the next three by scores...
...Bowl, December 27, at El Paso, Texas: Ole Miss, which finished the regular season at 9-2, meets Big Eight runnerup Nebraska. Whatever happened to Cornhusker running back I. M. Hipp, the rusher with the self-sobriquet? He was replaced by Jarvis Redwine, who churned up 1119 yds. on the ground on a mere 156 attempts. The Husker defense is also tenacious, second in fewest points permitted (8.5 per game). Nebraska in a waltz...
Gator Bowl, December 29, at Jacksonville: Heisman winner George Rogers of 8-3 South Carolina (297 carries, 1781 yds., 14 touchdowns) meets Heisman runnerup Mean Hugh Green of 10-1 Pitt, a stellar defensive lineman. A classic matchup, Lambert Trophy winner Pitt should not be here, but in a major bowl. This is perhaps the second best bowl, behind the Sugar. The Panthers should claw the Gamecocks...