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Word: streaks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Just last weekend Harvard halted Princeton's two year, seven match winning streak over the Crimson by crushing the Tigers to win the Ivy League Championship. Now it might must be time for Harvard to turn the tables on Stroudsburg, as well...

Author: By Lisa R. Eskow, | Title: Spikers Seek to Make Crimson History; Stroudsburg Favored in NCAA Playoffs | 4/13/1985 | See Source »

Junior Bob Kay tallied a personal coup Friday at Princeton, stealing a base off former Beverly Hills High teammate Craig Peters. While the Crimson was three-for-three running against Peters, Harvard's Jim DePalo gunned down three of four would-be basestealers...Kay had a couple of streaks broken over the weekend. After scoring a run in the team's first eight games, he failed to cross the plate in three of last weekend's league games. His hitting streak lasted a little longer, extending to 11 games before Drew Tanner held him hitless in three at-bats...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Musselman Named Player of Week | 4/10/1985 | See Source »

...next game Harvard wasted no time in clearly asserting its dominance on the court. Riopelle's second serving streak of the night put the Crimson ahead, 5-0, before Springfield knew what was happening...

Author: By Liba R. Kskow, | Title: Spikers Sack Springfield | 4/10/1985 | See Source »

...Iron Horse, 200-Ib. Lou Gehrig, played in a record 2130 consecutive games. A 148-Ib, player in second on the major league consecutive games list, with a 1307-game streak. This dimunitive shortstop managed the feat, despite being traded in the middle of his streak. For ten points name...

Author: By Nick Wurf and David L. Yermack, S | Title: The 1985 Sports Cube Baseball Quiz | 4/9/1985 | See Source »

Each time, Harvard has shown that it can turn the tables on its perennial rival for the Ivy crown, and that Princeton's victory streak is less an indication of the Tigers' superiority, than of their consistency...

Author: By Lisa R. Eskow, | Title: Spikers Seek Consistency, Shoot for Tigers, Crown | 4/6/1985 | See Source »

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