Word: scoring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gooseeggs--the major problem in an eggshell, was that the Crimson did not score. In particular, Lee Nelson, with 13 goals the previous year, and Walter Diaz, who had scored six in 1977, had been expected to carry the scoring load. Instead, Nelson ended up with no goals, and Diaz tallied only five to lead the team...
...Crimson played tenacious defense in the first half but UNH still managed to pop consistently from outside. With the score tied 16-16, New Hampshire began to open it up, feeding inside to center Cindy Mulica. The end of the half found the hoopsters trailing...
...tenacious second-half press by the gusty, undersized Crimson quintet whittled a 37-28 S.C. halftime lead to 49-46 with 13:16 left. A pair of jumpers by co-captain Glenn Fine and buckets by Bob Allen and David Coatsworth (who finally overcame rookie rigormortis to score 12 points and haul in eight rebounds) brought the Crimson back into the mainstream...
...that was that. Their spirit broken, their tongues lagging from fatigue, the lid was sealed on Harvard's hopes of a major upset. South Carolina churned into second gear with a 28-11 spurt over the next ten minutes that made the score 80-57 with 3:31 left...
...pair of B.U. penalties a minute and a half later gave the Crimson a chance to come back--sort of. Sporting a two-man advantage, Harvard's Jack Hughes got into the "boom and score" parade with a low rocket from the right point. Jack's tally came as the result of pretty checkerboard power-play passing, and fueled the icemen's momentum for the next several minutes...