Word: hitter
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Junior outside hitter Erin Denniston led all attackers with 29 kills. Senior outside hitter Angela Lutich, who is one of only three seniors remaining on this young team, also chipped in 17 digs...
Lutich and Hart led Harvard with 10 kills apiece, and Lutich added 13 digs to propel the Harvard defense. Freshman outside hitter Liz Cebron contributed 12 digs...
Denniston led Harvard with 29 kills and ended up with a .304 hitting percentage. Freshman middle hitter Mariah Posipil, who saw significant playing time during the tournament, added 13 kills to the Crimson attack, an Lutich tacked on a double-double with 13 kills and 13 digs. Hart contributed 11 kills and eight digs...
...hurling 250 pitches. In the semi-finals the next day, he played in the outfield, his right pitching arm wrapped in a thick layer of bandages. He took the mound in the final inning to save the game. The next day, in the championship, he pitched a no-hitter: nine innings without giving up a single hit, a feat roughly comparable to a golfing hole-in-one. "Nobody will ever forget what Daisuke did," says baseball writer Keizo Konishi. "It was an unbelievable three days...
...pick Dick Cheney because of Wyoming's three electoral votes," Bush quipped, taking a preemptive poke at Gore. Cheney got the nod, Bush said, because the longtime pol would make an able backup and "a valuable partner" in a Bush administration. Message: This guy will be a heavy hitter, not a potted plant. It's about competence, not charisma. Even his wife, Lynn Cheney, was welcomed as an education reformer...