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...DenHartog moved to center and with its new man to man defense. Harvard did start coming back, taking control of the game right from the start of the second half. Using an inspired passing game, the Crimson managed four unanswered goals in the first eight minutes of the second stanza, en route to a 5-4 lead...
Junior Erica Shulman supplied the Crimson with its fourth singles victory, slipping past Emily Schuette in a long contest, 7-5, 6-2 Schulman never trailed, and her patient style ultimately wore down Schuette in the close first stanza. In the second set, the Tiger netwoman kept up with Harvard's number-four player until 2-2, but from there. Schulman took charge, blasting winner after winner to take the next four games...
While the Bruins were in control on the field they did not clinch the game on the scoreboard until late in the second half Harvard had come out for the second stanza playing its best rugby of the day. After moving the ball well all half the Crimson finally narrowed the score to 15.6 when Keith Cooper scored a try in the corner with six minutes remaining...
...second stanza saw the spikes forging ahead, 5-1, thanks to another Ross ace and pinpoint setting from the Martin tandem Princeton out the deficit to one, 5-4, through Norman and Julian Herencia's short spikes...
...similar pattern developed in the final stanza when the spikers built and eventually lost 4-1 and 9-5 advantages. Each time Ross sparked the rallies through his emphatic inside game only to see disorganization plague the squad. Once again the Panthers intensified their serving efforts and caused havoc in Harvard's setting. As Martin said, "They got passes to their hitters very easily whereas we had to battle to set up our offense." These problems and a last Panther spike ended the game...