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The Harvard field hockey team(2-4, 1-1 Ivy) bombarded the Yale net on Saturday. However, the Elis tallied the lone goal in overtime for a 1-0 victory.
Defeating Yale will not be easy. As one of the Ivy powerhouses, the Elis are as tough and quick as they come-not to mention hungry to knock off the defending champs.
Clearly, the sound and fury of that November afternoon signified something. Harvard, which had to climb out of more holes than Punxsutawney Phil last year, commandeered a 21-0 lead and made the Bulldogs play catch-up. And, as the tension swelled to a crescendo, Harvard checkmated Yale at midfield...
The day was savored by Elis, but many of the 10,000 men of Harvard took the news with a grain of salt, saying the magazine had tinkered with its evaluation system to sell more copies.
The U.S. News rankings were fodder for funnies even in sports. At half time in the Harvard-Yale football game, the Eli band spelled out "#3" on the football field. Harvard supporters promptly responded by triumphing over the Elis for the second consecutive year.