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After weeks of preparation and grueling two-a-days, Harvard men’s water polo hit the pool looking to make a splash. Instead, the squad sputtered in its first action of the season at the MIT Invitational this past weekend.Ten different players found the back of the net for the Crimson (0-3), but Harvard dropped all of its contests, falling to No. 13 Pacific, 17-4, Claremont 10-9, and Redlands, 15-7, at the Al and Barrie Zesiger Sports and Fitness center.“[This weekend] there have been a lot of good steps...
...Prozeller, a Sudbury, Mass. native, joined the squad as the heir-apparent to Grimm in the holding role in midfield. But Prozeller quickly showed his ability to flourish in a more attack-minded function, picking up his first collegiate assist...
...goal during the period. “Just looked slow, speed of play [was] slow—over-passing...I think it was just first game jitters,” Harvard coach Ray Leone said. Brought to life by Harvard’s late offensive awakening, the visiting squad went on the attack beginning in the 51st minute. One San Diego State shot hit the crossbar, while another went high, and a trio of corner kicks was cleared by the Crimson defense. But the fourth corner kick would be the charm, when Aztec defender Allie Crowson knocked in a header...
...practiced a lot and it worked well all preseason,” Keating explained. “I got a great feed from Carly and didn’t have to do much.” Following the early goal, Harvard rarely found itself in danger as the squad cruised to a 3-0 first-half lead. The Crimson dominated in most facets of the game, earning a 12-8 advantage in shots as well as an 8-4 edge in penalty corners. The ample number of scoring opportunities allowed Harvard to be aggressive on offense...
...snuck onto the scene and captured audiences with an almost surreal attention to detail rather than with a clever rewrite of history. Written by American journalist Mark Boal, the script for “The Hurt Locker” is based on stories from his time covering a bomb squad in Iraq. Jeremy Renner (“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” “28 Weeks Later”) leads the film’s fictionalized diffusing team with a stunning performance as Sergeant First Class William James, a bomb...