Word: routed
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...site for the presidential library (one look at the tired old building indicates its inadequacy, however nice the thought). Speculations resolve into two camps. The most enthusiastic are from businessmen, who hope for Jimmy's return as a new charge on the tourist magnet (even in the Reagan rout, more than 35 million potential visitors did vote for Jimmy, including a good number of oldtimers who can stop off on their way to winter in Florida...
When Sue Newell sat down in the penalty box for tripping at 10:05, the Tigers seemed destined for their fourth consecutive rout. But the foursome of Fischer, Lightfoot, rising Yardling star Megan Berthold, and co-captain Lauren Norton, whose poise and drive anchored a superlative effort by the defensive corps, not only snuffed out the Princeton power play, but tallied a shorthanded goal to knot the game...
When New Hampshire jumped out to a quick 10-2 lead, a rout seemed in the works. But the cagers fought back to within a basket, 24-22, midway through the first half. Almost. Whoops, now it's 36-23. But Harvard again refused to give up, and battled back to a halftime deficit...
Hurley, who played four years of puck at Andover, converted the rebound from a Fischer slapshot in a scramble in front to continue Harvard's rout in the second period. Sue Yunick stuffed home a centering pass from co-captain Firkins Reed for number five...
Hungry for a win, the hoopsters came out on to the floor keyed up and ready. Seven minutes into the first quarter they led, 17-8, and it looked like a rout was underway. The staunch Crusaders refused to buckle, however, and with unerring patience Holy Cross's big gun Mary Ann Palazzi and hook shot specialist began to chip away at Harvard's lead, drawing to within one point and then moving ahead with four minutes left in the half...