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After cranking out more than 13 goals a game last Spring, the Harvard offense was clearly not clicking, so Crimson coach Bob Scalise prepared for the clash with Penn by shuffling his inexperienced midfields and moving Predun to attack, where he could play full-time and make the best of his flashy one-on-one moves. Gordie Nelson moved to a midfield slot...
...first half, Harvard succeeded on ten of 12 clears while riding Mass Maritime unmercifully and breaking up 13 of the Tritons' attempts to get the ball past midfield. The stickmen outshot their opponents, 30-7, and co-captain Sandy White demonstrated his specialty with the precision of a surgeon, coming up with 12 of 13 face-offs...
...third midfield will handle the faceoffs. The center will be co-captain Sandy White. Under the tutelage of assistant coach Jeff Wagner, a faceoff terror who won All-Ivy honors at Brown in the early '70s, Harvard faceoff men were among the best in the nation last year. the Crimson triumphed on two thirds of its attempts and outfaced every team it met except for Brown, which dominated the midfield battles when White was injured. Joining the senior specialist on this unit is Jamie Egasti (6-5-11). a reserve attackman in 1976, and sophomore Jerry Keleher...
...fourth midfield is notable more for its speed and pure athletic ability than for its lacrosse accomplishment. Jimmy Ossyra, up from the B-team, is joined by freshman Dave Wigglesworth and Steve Saiontz...
...stickmen enter the 1977 season with a wealth of veteran talent everywhere but on the midfield. Significantly, Scalise notes, that is where "the game is won or lost." But with time, the young middies may well develop into the best players on the team...