Word: sweepers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Texans and All-American Carol Smith pressured temporarily, but sweeper Field singlehandedly launched the Harvard counter-offensive with a booming half-the-length-of-the-field clearing pass. The speedy Ferrante then outran the Aggie fullbacks to the ball and, before colliding with Boyd, directed it into the net to give the Crimson a 3-2 lead...
Defensively, the Crimson routinely broke up Penn's feeble offense. Captain John Duggan anchored the center of the backline and combined with goalkeeper Peter Walsh to hold the Quakers scoreless through 110 minutes. Peter Sergienko added punch to the offense by making threatening runs from his sweeper spot...
...Minutemen opened the scoring early. Taking a through ball from captain Antonio Diaz, forward Michael Gibbons hit a 23-yard rocket past charging Crimson sweeper Peter Sergienko and eat goalkeeper Peter Walsh to the left post...
Individually, each of the defenders has had a steller campaign. Perese, who played most of his soccer in high school at sweeper, will receive this year's Hamilton Fisk award for the senior who makes the greatest improvement during his years at Harvard...
Sergienko, who has been pursued by the Montreal Manic and the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League, has also been superb. "Peter has been the finest sweeper to pass through Harvard since I've been here," said Ford, who is in his seventh year as coach...