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Fortunately for Harvard, Adelphi is also struggling. Coming off a solid 8-6 season last year, the Panthers are a young and inexperienced team with only one senior starter. And they, too, are coming off a tough overtime loss to a traditionally weak Villanova...
...this much is known: Harvard starter Tom Hurley gave up two runs on three hits and a walk in the first inning, before settling into a groove that lasted until the ill-fated seventh. From the second to the sixth inning, Hurley shut out the Eagles, allowing only three hits while striking...
Augmenting the strength up the middle is power-hitter Nick DelVecchio, who held down the first-base job for most of the 1990 season. The other corner spot remains up for grabs as third base provides a question mark with no clear starter emerging. Contenders include junior Rex Rust and freshman Mike Giardi...
...Post game, many of the Crimson's problems came to the fore. The young defense, which returns only one regular starter (junior Dennis Murphy), failed to contain the Pioneers' fast break in the early going, as five goals came from seven to ten yards in front of the Crimson cage...
...part because this war was fought mostly with stockpiled off-the-shelf weapons and munitions. Now a growing number of economists and businesspeople are predicting, suggesting, hoping -- praying -- that the cease-fire will trigger an improvement in the economy by boosting consumer confidence and spending. "Peace is a jump-starter," says John Tuccillo, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors. "This is the catalyst that can get the thing cooking. It's not the whole story, but it is a spark, and that's important because this is an economy that needs a spark...