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...Crimson (11-3 overall, 3-1 league) dropped a heartbreaker in five games to Springfield College in league play last night. After a slow start, Harvard clawed its way back from a two-game deficit before succumbing to a pumped-up Springfield team before a rabid crowed of volleyball fanatics...
...Springfield leapt out in front, winning the first two games by scores of 15-13 and 15-11. These two games were not that close, however, and were marked by a host of missed serves and inept plays by the Crimson--a far cry from its winning performance at the Roger Williams Invitational February...
Harvard battled back in the next two games by taking control of the net and blocking numerous Springfield spikes. The Crimson won the third game, 15-11, on a well-placed hit by senior Co-Captain Alec Berg. The fourth game was a see-saw contest, with neither team able to gain a clear-cut edge in the early going...
...final game was played with rally scoring, where teams score on side-outs as well as serves. But after the Crimson tallied the first point, it was all Springfield. Behind the blistering smashes of middle hitters Ron Hohmann and Jim Groenwald, Springfield vaulted to a 13-6 lead. The match came to an anti-climactic end when Springfield won on a Crimson net infraction...
With Harvard still holding on to a slimone-point advantage with just 80 seconds to play,Rullman faked an 18-foot jumper from the leftside, causing Dartmouth forward John Conley toleap high into the air. The Crimson forward,nicknamed the "Springfield Rifle," went up for ashot anyway, fouling Conley out of the game andearning two foul shots to put Harvard in acommanding position...