Word: wristing
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...Englanders, the wind and the heat proved to be unruly side effects that plagued Harvard throughout its play. A few of the Crimson players suffered major injuries from the conditions. Captain Laura Peterzan, filling in at the No.1 spot due to senior Beier Ko’s injured wrist, experienced heatstroke on Saturday, according to the team. “It was a difficult match because we had not been used to the outdoor conditions,” Rosekrans said. “It was a shock to all of us after playing indoor for four months straight...
...yoga experiment may have been Stack-Babich’s most unorthodox strategy in his lengthy rehabilitation from the wrist injury he suffered while stealing a base during the Crimson’s 13-2 loss to Lafayette last March 16. Trying to play through the pain didn’t work, and the cortisone shots Stack-Babich took during the team’s week of games in California didn’t do the trick. The slugger’s season was over, and his long road to recovery was just beginning...
...blur of flight I grabbed some sort of flower (a daylily?) from the arrangement I whizzed by. I held the thing up—its petals flapped and fluttered in the top speeds—then jammed it into the sleeve above my left hand. An orange wrist corsage on a black dress: just the thing for courage.Looking much fresher, it was no surprise my approach to Marshall would be stupendous. That old couple would be departing just as I arrived and—“Winifred, dear.”The ruby velvet glove clamped onto...
...best chance to score came on a shift late in the frame. Junior Doug Rogers ripped a cross to blueliner Alex Biega, who was posted at the right circle, but Quinnipiac goalie Bud Fisher glided to his left just in time to stop Biega’s wrist-shot, keeping the game scoreless at the first intermission.Harvard and Quinnipiac traded a pair of power plays and posted seven shots each in the opening period.“It was a bit of a frustrating game in the fact that we didn’t get the start that we wanted...
...scoring action as well, led by Ryabkina.Just over 12 minutes into the third period, Ryabkina took the puck from sophomore Amy Uber and created some room at the point. Weaving her way around a couple of Big Red defenders, Ryabkina found an opening and deftly lasered a wrist shot past Mazzotta, giving the Crimson a 3-0 lead.“It’s always nice to score, but it’s a team effort,” Ryabkina said. “When you do your best and your teammates do their best, that?...