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Radcliffe's swimming team finished second to Springfield Saturday in the Women's New England Intercollegiate Championship held at Connecticut College...
...Starr (177 pounds), Dave Scanlon(190 pounds), and heavyweight Tom Tripp wiped out the possibility of an upset. The Crimson's three bout rally at the finish of the match was a duplicate of the heroic performances pulled off by the trio in Harvard's 17-15 upset of Springfield last week...
Rallying to take the final three matches, Harvard's varsity wrestling team upset Springfield, 17-15, last night to become the first New England squad since 1959 to beat this annual power-house. Decisions won by Rich Starr, Dave Scanlon, and Tom Tripp in the last three bouts erased a 15-8 Chief lead and nailed down the Crimson's tenth win of the season against four defeats. Each team took five matches but Harvard's margin of victory came on a pin at 134 pounds by Josh Henson, who recorded the only fall of the meet...
...loss dropped Springfield's record to 5-7-1. "I know it would be close but I didn't think they'd get a pin at 134 pounds and I thought we'd win at 158 pounds," Chief coach Doug Parker revealed. "But I have to give Harvard credit, every guy was up for this one and they all gave a real good effort...
Harvard found itself behind 6-0 after two matches, but this was expected since Springfield's Bill Metts. 118 pounds, and Ray Farrari, 126 pounds, were both New England freshman champions last year. Henson put the Crimson down by a point as he pinned Ed Metzger...