Word: stretch
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...snuck her first of three goals past Harvard with 15 minutes remaining in the half. But the Crimson answered back with four straight goals in five minutes, each tallied by a different player. Flood, tri-captain Sarah Bancroft, Halpern, and freshman Tyler Petropulous each recorded a goal in this stretch, bringing Harvard’s lead to a commanding 7-1.“We’ve been talking about how if you lose the ball, you get it back,” sophomore defender Sam McMahon said. “At one point in the second half...
...were lucky to get away with a win today,” Harvard coach David Fish ’72 said. “I thought that it could have just started, and it would have been an avalanche against us.”If the Crimson wanted to stretch its winning streak at home duels to nine, it would have to clip the wings of the Golden Eagles. Through an insatiable work-ethic and refusal to lose, Marquette harried Harvard across the brackets, scrapping for every point.With the score poised at 3-1, freshman Davis Manghan delivered the crucial...
...hang our heads and cry and moan,” coach Tommy Amaker said. “But if we can’t snatch a rebound or come up with a loose ball or make a front end of a one-and-one down the stretch, that’s the difference in a tight game like this...We left the door open for them to make a play like they did at the end.”In the final 1:34 of play, the Bears blanked the Crimson, posting an 8-0 run to close...
...DeNunzio Pool this past weekend to defend its title as Ivy League Champions. They would face tough competition from the hometown Tigers, and despite strong performances from the Crimson, Harvard would have to settle for second place. Crimson junior swimmer Alex Meyer, certainly exhausted by the final stretch of the long and grueling men’s 1650-meter freestyle, pushed past his limits in order to out-touch his main opponent, Princeton sophomore Patrick Briggs, edging him down the final length of the pool in Saturday’s race.Meyer finished first in 15:01.18, a mere 0.81 seconds...
...phenomenal,” Weintraub admired. “As long as I do my job right, it’s guaranteed he’ll do his. He’s just too good.”Weissbourd carried the load for the Crimson down the stretch, using his 6’9 frame and solid timing to stifle opponents and hammer spikes, many of which went untouched through the Highlanders’ defense.Harvard was not solely dependent on the senior, though, drawing from numerous offensive contributors to keep NJIT off-balance. Junior outside hitter Erik Kuld notched...