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Harvard tried to answer Princeton’s second lead as quickly as the first, but it was not to be. The Crimson won its third corner of the day within minutes of the Princeton goal, but the opportunity was wasted when the Harvard pusher and the stick-stopper could not connect. Within minutes of that missed opportunity, 2001 Ivy Player of the Year Ilvy Friebe iced the game for the Tigers...
...BEST SAVE Showing why he's rated as the world's best shot-stopper, German Oliver Kahn flung himself to the right to palm away an attempt by Korea's Lee Chun Soo in their tense semifinal match. Honorable Mention: Spaniard Iker Casillas's intercepts of the efforts by Ireland's David Connolly and Kevin Kilbane in the penalty shoot...
...most interesting challenge for the current Lakers would have been Magic Johnson, James Worthy, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Showtime version from 1987. With Michael Cooper being a premier defensive stopper to use in neutralizing Kobe, and Byron Scott rounding off the best offense in NBA history with his assassin-like three pointers, a 6’9 Magic Johnson would have a field day running circles around the 6’1 Derek Fisher. Shaq would dominate Abdul-Jabbar, who weighs about 60 pounds less, but that would be the only bright spot for the current Lakers...
...Birtwell has begun to settle into his role as Oneonta’s stopper. Birtwell admits it’s been an adjustment after being the staff workhouse and No. 1 starter at Harvard last year...
...Crimson’s starting goaltender, junior Nora Guyer, recently decided to take a year off. Sophomore Laura Mancini will be Harvard’s new No. 1 back-stopper...