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OCTOBER 24, 2004 Boston Sunday Globe C19 Crimson find the range LIGHT IT UPI feASi Hockey Glove Composite Sack Sale I BostonWorks SEVERAL MODELS TO CHOOSE 5 DAYS 0NLYI OCT. 25-30TH chejJostondMobc I Everything for hockey at great pricesl 781-646-1600: www.goaliesetc.conT 1303 MASS ARLINGTON First-quarter deficit is erased in a hurry By Mark Blaudschun GLOBE STAFF XT Vnn'wo XI aSU got to wonder FRONT ROW SEATS? Departures From: BOSTON HARTFORD PROVIDENCE 1 Of Oj 7 iHi A. 1 8-DAY AirHotel Winter Vacations ON SALE NOW CARIBBEAN Anguilla Aruba Curacao La Romana Merengue Sun Coast Puerto Plata I Punta Cana St. Barth's St. KittsNevis St.

Lucia St. MaartenSt. Martin MEXICO Cancun Cozumel Mayan Riviera what kind of team Harvard would be if the Crimson got into the flow of their games earlier. As it is, coach Tim Murphy's Crimson have been more than good enough. Yesterday's 39-14 win at Princeton Stadium was a case in point, as it elevated them to 6-0 (3-0 Ivy League), the second consecutive year No.

22 Harvard has opened the season with six straight victories. But, as has been the case in four of their games this year, the Crimson had to come from behind. Yesterday's rally came with Harvard down, 14-3, before the Crimson stormed back to take a 22-14 halftime lead. Harvard never looked back, ripping off an impressive 36-0 spurt over the final three quarters as its offense arid defense dominated. The Crimson have allowed only 9 points in the fourth quarter all season and have outscored op Harvard sophomore Clifton Dawson, who rushed for 201 yards and three scores, breaks through the Princeton defense.

ItllllMlllllllllllllltllllllltllllllllllltllllll HARVARD 39, PRINCETON 14 at Princeton, NJ. Harvard (6-0). 14 .3 19 0 Mil Princeton (4-2). ir.i a Alt First Quarter H-Matt Schindel 35 field goal. P-Monte McNair 31 pass from Matt Verbit (Derek Javarone kick).

P-Branden Benson 11 run (Javarone kick). Second Quarter -Clifton Dawson 2 run (kick failed). Dawson 1 run (run failed). H-Corey Mazza 10 pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Schindel kick). Fourth Quarter H-Fitzpatrick 3 run (Schindel H-Schindel 38 field goal.

H-Dawson 80 run (Schindel kick). Har Pri 1 1 First downs. 22 Rushes-yards 50-244 Passing 172 Comp-att-int 14-31-1 Return yards 38 18 38-85 119 12-24-2 22 6-29 1-1 3-23 28:38 "We've been in that situation before," said Dawson, referring to the 21-0 deficit Harvard overcame in beating Brown, 35-34. "Having had that experience gives you the confidence you can come back. We were very confident we could turn ft around." Fitzpatrick says it was simply a matter of not trying to do too much too soon.

"We just had to be patient," he said. Murphy described it a different way. "We're a very resilient team," he said. That resiliency is aided by the talents of Fitzpatrick and Dawson. They are so special," said Murphy, "and I dont use that word a lot They are unbelievably mentally tough." With all that working in their favor, the Crimson still had only a 22-14 lead early in the fourth quarter when they had fourth and 2 at the Tigers' 5.

A field goal would have given them more of a cushion. Murphy wanted more, going for the first down (provided by Dawson) and the touchdown (scored by Fitzpatrick). "I said, 'Let's stick a dagger in said Murphy. "I wanted to make sure." Punts-Avg. 3-37 Fumbles-l05t 2-2 Penalties-yards 31:22 possession ponents, 92-26, over the final two quarters.

The script Harvard followed was a familiar one as quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and running back Clifton Dawson had starring roles. Dawson, a 5-foot-10-inch, 190-pound sophomore who is leading the Ivy League in rushing, picked up 201 yards and scored three touchdowns, giving him 14 for the season, already a school record for rushing scores. "I knew I was close," said Dawson, who ended the scoring with an 80-yard fourth-quarter burst. "If just an honor to be in that Fitzpatrick (14 of 31, 172 yards, TD; eight carries, 41 yards, TD) was his usual efficient self. Early on, the Crimson saw a 3-0 lead turn into a 14-3 deficit because of a series of mistakes (holding penalty, bad punt snap, and fumble).

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Penn extends Ivy streak to 18 ed a six-game losing streak with a win over the Big Green in New York. Tad Crawford intercepted a Charlie Rittgers pass to set up Rudd's 19-yarder with 13:15 remaining. Dartmouth (0-6, 0-3) was unable to threaten after Rudd's kick, getting no closer than the Lions' 41 in the game's final minute. It was the first win for Columbia (1-5, 1-2) since Nov. 11, 2003, when the Lions beat Cornell, 34-21.

They lost their final game against Brown before opening this season 0-5. down pass to Jarrett Schreck at 14:07 of the fourth quarter, and completed an eight-play, 71-yard drive with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Efren Blackledge with 5:17 left. Cornell took a 10-7 lead on Kuhn's 1-yard run with 46 seconds left in the first half, and stretched the lead on a 23-yard TD run by Kuhn at 5:18 of the third quarter. AJ. Weitsman added a 40-yard field goal for Cornell, which lost its fourth consecutive game.

Columbia 9, Dartmouth 6 Nick Rudd's third field goal of the game snapped a 6-6 tie in the fourth quarter, and the Lions end ME fsisi? mi iMa5i iyra nrn-iTi7rTi liiaYiTiiiiii fflir'trTii -ii mirmi nun urn rrr if rail arm mmmtmmmm r- Tirnrr ti Mm iff iiMiri i rmmm 1 I 1 1 I I I I I I I I I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I I I I I I I I 1 1 I I I I I I I 111 I I I I I II I 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I I I 1 1 I I I I I I I I Ivy League standings, summaries COLUMBIA, 9-6 C-Nick Rudd 39 fwfd goal. C-RuiX 31 field goal. B-Chaites Rittgers 1 run (kick failed). C-Rudd 19 field 90aL Conf. All W-L W-L PF PA Harvard 6-0 222 116 Penn 3-0 5-1 172 69 Princeton 2-1 4-2 150 139 Brown 1-2 4-2 147 116 Yale 1-2 3-3 117 125 Cornell 1-2 1-5 86 106 Columbia 1-2 1-5 79 141 Dartmouth 0-3 0-6 59 154 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Brown 21 Cornell 17 Columbia 9 Dartmouth 6 Harvard 39 Princeton 14 Penn 17 Yale 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS Sam Mathews rushed for 169 yards on 25 carries and scored two touchdowns to lead Penn to a 17-7 win over Yale yesterday in New Haven.

The victory extended Penn's Ivy League winning streak to 18 games, breaking its own mark set from 1992-95. Mathews gained 125 yards in the second half, as the Quakers (5-1, 3-1) controlled the game after a 7-7 halftime tie by running 48 plays while limiting the Elis (3-3, 1-2) to 17. Penn took a 10-7 lead on Peter Stine's 25-yard field goal with 10:35 left in the third quarter. Mathews's 4-yard touchdown run with 59 seconds left in the third quarter put Penn up, 17-7. Yale senior tailback Robert Carr rushed for 167 yards on 31 carries, including 144 yards on 23 carries in the first half.

Carr passed Rashad Bartholomew to become Yale's career rushing leader with 3,047 yards. Senior Alvin Cowan became Yale's career leader in touchdown passes with 36 when he connected with Chandler Henley on a 20- yard TD for a 7-7 tie with 45 sec- onds left in the first quarter. Senior wide receiver Dan Castles had eight catches for 131 yards and became the fourth player in Penn history to surpass 2,000 yards receiving. He has 2,067. Brown 21, Cornell 17 Anthony Vita passed for 219 yards and three touchdowns as the Bears ral-, lied past the Big Red in dence.

Vita, a sophomore making his first start, completed 15 of 30 passes and threw for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter as Brown (4-2, 1-2) overcame a 17-7 deficit Ryan Kuhn ran for two touchdowns and passed for 121 yards for Cornell (1-5, 1-2). Vita led two long scoring drives in the second half to give Brown the lead. He capped a 14-play, 65-yard drive within 11-yard touch i I Rushes-yards Passing Col 19 38-130 269 24-39-1 34 5-35 3-2 7-70 31:45 11 31-75 147 60 7-35 0-0 4-25 Coma-att-lnt -Return yards. Punts-Avg. Penalties-yards Possession- 28:15 WIMVIOUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Chris Little 15-50, Pat Risha 3-13, Chad Gaudet 5-12: Rashad Biggers 24-70, Ikechi Oluwole 6-30, Jeff Otis 5-18.

PASSING-D, Rittgers 19-39-2-147: Jeff Otis 24-39-1-269. RECEIVING-0. Bob Murphy 7-46, Ryan Fuselier 4-48, Andrew Hall 2-32: Wade Fletcher 9-118, Brandon Bowser 5-59, John Reuter 5-36. BROWN, 21-17 Cornel (1-5). 14 (4-2).

I V'x 1 -Tj PENN, 17-7 ct New HSVHi II 7 III Perm 17 7 Cor-FG AJ. Weitsman 40, 3:21. Bro-Matthew Krevis 19 pass from Anthony vita (Steve Morgan kick). 9:52. Cor-Ryan Kuhn 1 run (Weitsman kick), :46.

Cor Kuhn 23 run (Weitsman), 5:18. Bro Jarret Schreck 11 pass from Vita (Morgan kick), 14:07. Bro Efren Blackledge 24 pass from Vita (Morgan kick). 5:17. A-9310.

Car Bra Sam Matthews 1 run (Peter Stine kick). First downs 17 Rushes-yards 42-159 134 2-9 4-95 1-50 3-19 5-29 2-0 21 34-110 219 2-3 3- 54 1-22 15-30-1 6-40 6-30 1-1 4- 30 27:44 Kickoff returns Interceptions ret Comp-att-int Sacked-yards lost Y-Cnandler Henley 20 pass from Alvin Cowan (Andrew Sullivan kick). P-Stine 25 field goal. P-Mathews4 run (Stine lack). fmm Yak First downs 12 frshes-yards 49-221 36-164 Passing 276 149 Comp-att-int 21-35-1 12-21-0 Return yards 30 13 Punts-Avg.

6-253 Fumbles-tost 0-0 11 Penalties-yards 3-22 5-45 Possession 37:07 2233 WVKMJA1 STATISTICS RUSHING-P, Mathews 25-169. Kyle Ambrogi 17-51, Kevin DeSmedt 2-16: V. Robert Carr 31-167. PASSING-P, Pat McOermott 21-35-1-276; Cowan 12-21-0-149. RECEIVING Dan Casttes 8-131.

Sam Mathews 7-74, Ryan PHarri 2-19: Ralph Plumb 7-89, Henley 4-46, Alex Faherty 1-14. Penalties-yards 10-98 32:16 I i possession HMVKMJAL STATISTICS RUSHING-C. Joshua Johnston 20-76: B. Nick Hartigan 24-88, Vita 9-22. Brandon Markey 1-0.

PASSING-C Kuhn 14-24-1-121, DJ. BuSCfl 2-4-0-13: B. Vita 15-30-1-219. RECEIVING-C. Brian Romney 5-71; Schreck 5-90, Paul Raymond 4-34, Hartigan 3-41.

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