Word: swept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Harvard swept by six teams last year and returned to Cambridge with the Howe Cup, the most coveted trophy in intercollegiate women's squash, plenty of people thought the Crimson had ushered...
...came ever so close to earning a berth in next Monday's championship, only to fall to B. C. after 8:53 of sudden-death overtime. Eagle freshman Bob Sweeney stole the puck from Harvard's Mitch Olson in the Crimson zone and passed to linemate Ed Rauseo, who swept the puck around Harvard goalie Grant Blair...
...never happened. Though the iceman outshot the Eagles in both the third stanza and after the end of regulation play, it was a B C stick that swept in the winning goal. Harvard had had all the best chances the extra man in overtime, the Dave Burke shot that bounced off the goal post But Eagle goalie Billy Switaj made the key stops and the Crimson shots couldn't negotiate those last few inches from the front of the crease to the back of the goal line...
...women's swimming team brought just seven members, all freshmen, to Vassar for a meet among the Seven Sister schools, and still finished second. Allison Greis swept three races. While Tracy Black won two and finished second in a third. Annie Wilson took first in the 100 butterfly...
...Harvard swept the first seven positions in a contest unusually one-sided for this rivalry. Last year, Harvard full to Princeton, 5-4, in Cambridge, and two years before that, the Crimson was on the winning end of another 5-4 score. Each time, the learn that won this match went on to gain the top national ranking...