Word: fielding
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...while the Crimson defense hung tough, Lehigh started with the ball past midfield five times. There's not much a defense can do against a nationally ranked team on a shortened field...
Even more important was a seemingly innocuous call in the second quarter. In a first half marked by both teams playing the field-position game, Harvard gained the upper hand when, down 10-6, it pinned Lehigh inside its own 10-yard line. The Mountain Hawks tried to form a drive, but the Crimson defense held tough. On a third-down-and-two from its own 37, Lehigh elected to rush up the middle. Harvard stuffed the play, and was ecstatic. One problem: a lineman had taken a quick step offside, negating the stop and giving Lehigh a first down...
...sophomore midfielder Joe Steffa lay motionless on the grass following a mid-air collision, captain and forward Ryan Kelly blasted in the game-winning goal in the 51st minute as the resilient Harvard men's soccer team beat Yale, 3-2, in a wild affair Saturday at Ohiri Field...
Though Harvard gained more yards (437) than Lehigh (431), the Mountain Hawks took advantage of the good field position that the Crimson gave them and, perhaps more importantly, controlled the momentum of the game from the opening kickoff...
Lehigh elected to spread the field in the red zone with three wide receivers, but junior defensive end Phil Scherrer and freshman linebacker Dante Balestracci penetrated into the Mountain Hawk backfield and hit Pleasant, who fumbled, but Lehigh recovered the ball for a six-yard loss...