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...Crimson stickmen's eight-game winning streak came to a screeching halt Saturday afternoon, when visiting Princeton scored a last-minute goal and roared off the Business School field with a 9-8 victory, threatening Harvard's number-seven national ranking...
...seventh time, the closing minutes of the drama seemed endless to everyone but the Crimson. For the last part of the game the Harvard squad fell prey to the Princeton pressure tactics, and when with one minute left Tiger Carl Nissen pegged one from the crease the Crimson stickmen couldn't rebound...
Then, with the Tigers a man down, Rich Rainaldi cut to the front of the crease, took a pass from fellow attackman Norm Forbush, and pushed in another tally to give the stickmen a 2-0 edge, the largest lead of the seasaw battle...
Noting Sheehan's disbelief, Rainaldi switched gears and turned on the instant replay. Within 30 seconds, Rainaldi had his first Harvard hat trick, and the stickmen a 7-0 score...
Undaunted the Crimson midfield shouldered a load of the contact and came out on top. Controlling momentum by scooping up those ground balls--Wigglesworth and Predun snatched 12 and 10 respectively--the stickmen foiled the Wildcat drives time after time...