Word: spike
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kirkland's big(or should we say little) weapon in both contests was the dink shot, a faked soft spike that K-House used with insidious ease to steal both victories...
...must be said that Crimson coach Roger Martin removed most of his starters after the first game. Still, this was little excuse for the mediocre play that marred the final game. Up 13-6, the spikers passively watched UMass come back and take the lead 14-13. A great spike by senior Rich Rohan regained serve for the Crimson, who then managed to seal the victory with two unreturnable serves...
...drank coffee, ate doughnuts, and leered at the younger cashiers. AT 5-ft., 7-in., he packed away a lot of doughnuts and weighed at least 300 pounds. In contrast, Susan, the head cashier, was 6-ft., 2-in., and thin as a Super-Saver broom stick. She wore spike heels, tight pants, and gobs of Super-Saver make-up. Greg, yet another assistant manager, often enjoyed touching Susan secretively in the store room near the trash compacter. I never found out why he was fired in mid-August, but Susan got more lackluster than usual after he left...
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...Quakers returned the final Crimson serve weakly, giving Brad Martin a chance to set for a middle fake by Terry Trumbull and a perfect match-point spike by John Tanaka...