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What started out as a spirited first-half clash turned into a lackluster second-half rout. W&M ran and ran and ran (170 second-half rushing yards) and ran up the score, too, 20 points to Harvard...
...Tigers' first-half momentum was translated into a goal with 14:16 left in the half. Forward Sue Reece took a pass from fellow forward Tiffany Flik and booted the ball past Harvard goalie Brooke Donahoe to give Princeton a 1-0 lead...
...This first-half momentum continued well into the second half for the Tigers, as they continued to keep the Crimson on the run. With 19:07 left in the half, Princeton halfback Rebecca Goodwin received an open-field pass from halfback Jessica Mosblech to find nothing but 40 yards of grass and Donahoe between her and the net. Dribbling nearer the goal, Donahoe challenged Goodwin, who promptly booted the Tigers' second goal of the day passed the goalie...
This was all in the first-half hour or so. The line between parody and glorification was pretty much gone by this time, and I decided to leave. The audience bopped right along, apparently having lost any ability to be shocked by such hateful stuff. I suppose a GWAR defender could take up the predictable argument that the band's act simply redicules the misogyny and violence that pervades our culture, giving us back our own prejudices magnified to hideous proportions...
Freshman Tammy Butler hauled in a game-high 11 rebounds, but 10 of those 11 came in the first-half...