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Abeles' home run in the Yale game on Saturday set the tempo for the weekend and resulted in a 10-3 victory over the rival Bulldogs. The team followed her lead, exploding for 27 runs this weekend, including a 12-2 rout of Brown on Sunday...
Before Abeles' homerun, a pitching duel between the two junior aces of each staff set the tempo of the game. Cornell starter Nicole Zitarelli (11-2) pitched well in the loss, scattering five hits, including the mistake to Abeles, and two walks in five strong innings of work. Not to be outdone by the rival Big Red, junior Chelsea Thoke (4-8) turned in an outstanding performance for the Crimson. Thoke tossed a no-hitter, striking out five en route to her fourth victory of the season...
Jain set the tempo for the match at the No. 2 spot with a convincing straight sets victory over the Gauchos' Shannon Wilkens, losing only one game in each of the two 6-1 sets. Just minutes later, freshman Lara Naqushbandi knocked off Dana Mazza, winning handily in two sets, 6-2 and 6-1. Junior Sanaz Ghazal, playing at No. 3, battled back from a 4-1 deficit in the second set to defeat Jill Katzenberger 6-1 and 6-4 and open up a 3-0 lead over the Gauchos. The team never looked back from there...
...offensive weapons are going to produce scoring opportunities. To win in the conference semifinals and championship game, however, Harvard will need to convert those opportunities and not allow its opponents to score in transition. Against Dartmouth, that means overcoming an aggressive forecheck in the defensive zone and controlling the tempo on offense...
...music, it was spirited, tuneful and just about varied enough to prevent restlessness. Braid-bearded Jeremy managed to create enough sound with a single guitar to produce faithful replications of the radio hits, including the slower-tempo "Miserable," their latest single. The group did away with "My Own Worst Enemy" midway through the playlist, and, to give credit to the other songs, it didn't stand out as a particularly superior track...