Word: winning
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...while the Crimson (5-3, 1-1 Ivy) was enjoying the sensation surrounding the pregame festivities, Duke was all business, all night, leading it to a 14-5 win...
Duke picked up an unstoppable rhythm early in the first quarter—win the face-off, grab the ground ball, run the set, and capitalize on shot opportunities. Harvard gave up eight of nine face-offs in the first quarter alone and won only six of 20 ground balls. The Crimson never possessed the ball long enough to push up field and run its own sets. The Blue Devils controlled the momentum from the first face...
Despite continually falling behind in the first half, Harvard has fought back in the second half to either win or play evenly with each opponent. Against Brown, the Crimson won the second half, 7-6. Against Dartmouth, it held a huge margin in the last two quarters, 10-4. And against Duke, Harvard played with the Blue Devils in the last half of the game, matching Duke’s goals...
...It’s disappointing because I think the world of this team, and it’s very hard for them to have it not go their way,” said Harvard coach Dave Fish ’72. “Everybody wants to win, and Columbia and Cornell are no different. They are thrilled...[and] you never like to make someone else?...
...We’ve been able to win most of our doubles points this year against even really strong teams, so it hurts to have that little bit of uncertainty,” Fish said...