Word: stretch
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...incentive to fight for that crucial last playoff spot, rather than to play out the string in meaningless games. As it stands now, every year is the same, with Princeton or Penn coming out on top, and every year a multitude of pointless games are played down the stretch between the non-P’s in front of empty arenas on campuses full of students apathetic with regards to the state of Ivy basketball...
...Brand said. “They are going to get a dose of what I call reality, but they’re prepared for it. They know that when they come back they are going to be working extra hard to get ready for the long stretch in February when we have our toughest competition coming up.” —Staff writer Madeleine I. Shapiro can be reached at mshapiro@fas.harvard.edu...
...Crimson held on down the stretch by hitting 16-of-21 second-half free throws, while LIU went just 6-of-11 from the stripe after the break. That disparity was nothing new for Harvard, which entered the game having attempted over a hundred more free throws than its opponents with a better conversion rate...
...Saturday, the Crimson completed its most grueling stretch of the season so far, five games in nine days against a quartet of tough non-conference opponents. Two games against three-time national champ Minnesota-Duluth, a stiff midweek test against first-place UConn, and then home clashes versus the Wildcats and Providence this weekend all featured the kind of fast-paced, high-impact action that now prevails among the top teams in women’s hockey...
...Center, but UNH came roaring back to tie it in the third period on two goals by Jennifer Hitchcock.“I don’t think it slipped away,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said. “We made a mental mistake down the stretch of the game on the bench and then they capitalized on the power play. I don’t think anything slipped away. I think a good team came back and tied it up.”The game-tying goal came with just more than four minutes left...