Word: stretch
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...chance to chomp away at Harvard’s lead. While Columbia amped up its offensive assault, the Crimson lost steam, stumbling through a 5:52 offensive drought and managing only four attempts in the final five minutes.“We didn’t execute down the stretch,” Housman said. “We were a little too hesitant against their zone.”The Crimson also had trouble finishing a strong performance in the first half. Towards the culmination of the first period, the tide seemed to be going the Crimson?...
...quarter, Crimson coach Erik Farrar’s team was shut out as Harvard lost 12-10. Despite the final outcome, the team looked impressive in the first half. The Crimson began a 6-0 run less than two minutes into the game. Zdrojewski scored two goals during this stretch. Farrar credited the first-half success to a “very effective defense” that was “active in transition.” NYAC opened the second half with five unanswered goals. Farrar claimed that the Harvard counterattack was not successful in the second half...
...good chances, but they haven’t gotten the results that they wanted. They were fired up.” Following Wilson’s tally—her 11th of the season—Harvard clamped down on defense, and junior goalie Christina Kessler extended her recent stretch of stellar play, shutting down the Raiders for the remainder of the game. Kessler made 25 saves on the afternoon in another outstanding performance. The netminder has allowed just five goals in her last six games, coming closer to her form of last year, in which she set the NCAA...
...began with a three-pointer from the wing by freshman forward Peter Boehm. Then, captain Andrew Pusar got to the line, where he hit both free-throws. Junior guard Jeremy Lin intercepted a pass on the defensive end and took the ball all the way to the rim to stretch the lead before senior guard Drew Housman capped the run with a three-pointer from the corner...
...game.“In the locker room, we were saying that we know we’re better than this—let’s put a run together,” senior guard Drew Housman said. “And for that four- or five-minute stretch, we had great intensity, especially on the defensive end. It’s just that we weren’t able to sustain that burst. As Harvard’s explosion of energy hit its crescendo, Cornell, too, fell back on its star player. But that’s where...