Word: sweepers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Getman made a line-up adjustment--moving two-year sweeper Nick Gates into center midfield and putting newcomer Cochrane in the sweeper spot--and it gave the Crimson exactly what it needed. An attacker in back and an anchor in the middle...
Cochrane, who played midfield in his collegiate debut last Saturday, laughed when he was asked what position he played in high school. There have been bigger and better things since then. The under-21 national team, for one. On that team, he played sweeper. On this team, well, Nick Gates had better find himself a new position...
...Wildcat defense, led by sweeper Maura Naughton, clamped down. The UNH attackers, mean-while, aggressively turned up the pressure on Reilly, while Harvard dropped into a passive defensive posture. Reilly turned back each Wildcat scoring opportunity...
...matter who goes out there, we'll be strong, especially up the middle," Johnston said. Center midfielder Tracy Hackeling, sweeper Andrea Montalbano, stopper Tory Fair and Johnston are all strong All-Ivy candidates...
Even without its fallen leader, Harvard attacked from the outset, with substitute sweeper John Shue scoring the game-winner on a corner kick 16 minutes into the contest. Senior center forward Derek Mills swung the kick past MIT netminder Jack Olson. The loose ball was deflected by senior striker Nick D'Onofrio to Shue, who pounded a volley into the back of the open net for a 1-0 lead...