Word: sparkplugs
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...duration to win, 75-57. Harvard’s starting five accounted for all but nine of the team’s 75 points, shooting 52 percent from the field and making 18-of-23 free throws. Co-captain Emily Tay was Harvard’s sparkplug, electrifying the crowd and her teammates alike at key points in the game when momentum was up for grabs. Tay finished with 14 points, five rebounds, eight assists, and four steals. The team’s leading scorer, sophomore Emma Markley, posted her fifth double-double of the season. She finished impressively with...
...didn’t help that co-captain Emily Tay, normally the team’s sparkplug on offense, was limited by illness. Tay started the game and turned in impressive numbers—12 points on 5-for-9 shooting from the floor—but was not her playmaking self (no assists, two turnovers...
...goal from the left corner and fed the puck to captain Kirsten Kester. Kester then knocked it through Wishart’s legs to earn the first goal of the game and the first of Kester’s season. “She’s our emotional sparkplug,” Stone said. “That really set the tone.” The second goal came in the next period, when senior Kati Vaughn accepted a pass from tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt at 10:13 and launched the puck from long range into the Bobcats...
...fail to mention the sweepers). Some skeptics still insist it's a fluke of nature - namely, the thin Coors Field air that plays tricks on other teams. Others have been converted, and believe that the Rockies should be a formidable foe over the long haul. The team did lose sparkplug second baseman Kaz Matsui to free agency, but outfielder Brad Hawpe won't be underrated for long. As long as the Coors Field humidor helps Colorado pitchers keep the ball from flying out of the park, the Rockies should keep rolling...
...seems to be in a Crimson uniform for the long haul. She’s happy, and—to the benefit of the program—thriving on the court as well as off. In her first year at the college level, Markley has become an offensive sparkplug for an already fast-paced team; a career-high 13 points in a Harvard win at Dartmouth last month established her as a player to watch on the Ivy scene. More recently, a key league matchup against Yale earlier this month saw the freshman make her first seven shots from...