Word: stanzas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...much as 17 in the first half. Harvard (9-10 overall, 2-6 in Ivy play) had fought back to within range of league-leading Penn (13-6, 7-0). Center Monroe Trout brought the cagers close with six points in the first six minutes of the second stanza, and Bob Ferry tallied 13 of his game-high 18 points in the last 12 minutes. Both shot phenomenally from the floor, six of seven and eight of 12 respectively...
...talent, the fact remains that for several minutes Saturday night, Harvard had Penn scored. Stellar forward Paul Little, who didn't start because of tendonitis, didn't get to rest the whole game, as Littlepage had to bring him in when the going got close in the second stanza...
McLaughlin said he thought his team played well through the first half but could not continue the pace in the latter stanza when the Tigers pulled away. "You have to understand that Princeton was one of the pre-season favorites in the Ivy League," he added...
After a power-play goal by Orlando early in the second stanza was followed by the Falcone-to-Martin connection, a tense 2-2 deadlock lasted for eight minutes. Blair robbed the visitors several times in that span, a 20-ft. blast by Randy Velischek sent the freshmen rolling pads over helmet, but stayed in Blair's glove. And at 5.35 Mitch Ofson made a spectacular diving stick check, flying into the net but saving a sure goal...
...never happened. Though the iceman outshot the Eagles in both the third stanza and after the end of regulation play, it was a B C stick that swept in the winning goal. Harvard had had all the best chances the extra man in overtime, the Dave Burke shot that bounced off the goal post But Eagle goalie Billy Switaj made the key stops and the Crimson shots couldn't negotiate those last few inches from the front of the crease to the back of the goal line...