Word: slipperyness
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Both squads were in the same tournament grouping, which also included Princeton and Slippery Rock--the defending national champion. It was pretty obvious that Slippery Rock would kill everyone, so the only other team that would go to the winners' bracket and have a chance to make Nationals would have...
Of course the researchers who chase intense storms never want to get that close to a tornado either, and they also try to avoid getting hit by lightning or losing control when driving too fast over slippery roads. And while they are certainly curious about the movie Twister and are...
The reason was that Slippery Rock, the defending national champion and far and away the best team in the east, was also in Harvard's pool. So its loss to Bucknell meant that the Crimson could earn a 1-2 record at best, which means a one-way ticket to...
And that's what happened. A 21-0 loss to Slippery Rock followed by a 19-9 win over Princeton ended the pool play for Harvard, and even though the Crimson went on to win the consolation and fifth place at Easterns, the team wanted more.
Then came the Slippery Rock game, for which the score tells it all. There wasn't much doubt that Slippery Rock was going to win this one, and the defending national champion actually poured it on late, scoring many of its goals in the final period.