Word: fielding
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...started on a high note, as Mangrum, Edwards, and Kelly came out onto the field for a pregame ceremony. The players were given flowers to the ovation of a grateful Harvard crowd who had witnessed four years of their competitive effort...
Still, the Harvard defense kept the ball on Columbia's side of the field for most of the half, giving the Crimson offense several chances to score. Sophomore back Mike Lobach, for instance, was noticeably effective on headers and clears...
Kelly had the ball in the Columbia box, on the verge of scoring, when he was fouled hard with a kick to the ankle. Yet the whistle never blew as Kelly was carried off the field...
...Lions went for it on fourth-and-inches. As soon as running back Johnathan Reese accepted the hand-off, senior linebacker Michael Green burst into the backfield and tackled him for a loss of five yards. The turnover on downs allowed the Harvard offense to march down the field and put the game out of reach with its second straight touchdown...
...praising the developing strength of the defense, I should devote some time to discussing another area essential to a final run at the Ivy Title - the placekicking situation. Two weeks ago, when the Crimson special teams specialists were anything but special, I wrote a sarcastic column lamenting our field goal kicking woes...