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Booters To Meet UCLA In NCAA Quarterfinals

Crimson-Bruin Showdown Set for Sunday

Junior John Catliff leads the squad--which after a sluggish early-season start has responded with 11 victories in its last 12 games--with 10 goals and 5 assists for 25 points. The 1984 Canadian Olympian is followed by junior Captain Lane Kenworthy (11-2-24), sophomore Nikhil Singh (7-3-17), sophomore Paul Nicholas (4-7-15) and Hotchkin (4-4-12).

The Crimson defense has been equally impressive en route to posting seven shutouts. Senior goalkeeper Matt Ginsburg has an 0.85 goals-against average, and has turned in 459:53 straight shutout minutes.

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Harvard's win over the University of Connecticut Sunday in the second round of the 1984 national tourney was the Crimson's first win in NCAA play since 1972, when Harvard beat Rhode Island, 1-0, and Brown, 3-2 in overtime, to earn the District I championship.

The Crimson entered last Sunday's game in Storrs, Conn, ranked fourth in New England despite having already beaten the number-one team (UConn, 2-0) and the number-three team (Yale, 1-0). But the 1-0 double-overtime win Sunday gave Harvard its first New England crown in 14 years.

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The overtime contest against UConn was Harvard's first this season. In fact, it was Harvard's first overtime win since 1981, when the club beat the University of Massachusetts, 3-2. The Crimson played three overtime games last season, tying all three.

Harvard has won 11 of its last 12 games to post a 12-4 overall mark. The 12 wins are the most in one season since 1971, when the team went 13-2-0. Included in the 12 wins are six straight. The last time Harvard won six consecutive games was in 1972 and the last time it won-seven in a row it was 1971.

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