Holy Cross can't stop Fordham, losing streak
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WORCESTER -- Close . . . but not quite. Holy Cross, in search of its first win in more than a year, suffered its second straight last-minute home loss yesterday, dropping a 42-35 decision to Patriot League foe Fordham at Fitton Field.
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Keith Simmons came off the bench to score 22 points as Holy Cross edged Navy, 68-66, yesterday in Annapolis, Md.
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Georgetown footballÃÂ seems to have a promising season ahead, butÃÂ the team makes more than a few mistakes thatÃÂ lead to aÃÂ loss, 26-13,ÃÂ to Holy Cross inÃÂ the opener on Saturday.
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ORCHARD PARK, New York (Ticker) -- The New England Patriots would rather not talk about the streak. Drew Bledsoe and the Buffalo Bills would like to end it.
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It's not easy being No. 2 - just ask South Florida. The Bulls (6-1, 1-1 Big East) became the third second-ranked team to lose in the last three weeks, beaten by Rutgers, 30-27, last night.
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When quarterback Dominic Randolph led Holy Cross on a game-winning drive last Saturday against Harvard, there was no inspiring, cinema-worthy speech from him in the huddle.
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Last season, nobody saw Archbishop Williams coming. The Bishops entered the MIAA tournament with a less than stellar 15-7 record, enough to earn a No. 10 seed. Things hadn't gone well early as the team struggled to an 8-5 start, but from there it was all Archies.
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It wasn't just the home cooking that the Jesuits have been serving up atop Mount St. James. This Holy Cross basketball team doesn't lose its appetite on the bus, and last night it made a meal out of Harvard early and late en route to an 82-69 triumph before 1,200 at Lavietes Pavilion.
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Virginia Tech can not overcome an abysmal offensive start in its 73-63 loss Tuesday night at RBC Center and continues its confounding losing streak against North Carolina State.
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Tyrone Willingham never showed a trace of doubt. Not following last season's 5-7 finish by Notre Dame. Not after a deflating season-opening loss to Brigham Young. Not when the Fighting Irish trailed 9-0 at halftime to Michigan on Saturday.
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WORCESTER -- Not that the Holy Cross men's basketball team needed any help getting excited for last night's NCAA Tournament "Selection Show," but just in case, the Crusaders warmed up by watching video of the final few minutes of their Patriot League championship victory over Bucknell on the big screen at the Hogan Campus Center.
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Chaz Carr scored 19 points and Matt Wolff added 17 as Boston University beat Fordham, 66-51, yesterday.
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Carlos Rivera made two free throws with 1.7 seconds left, then rejected a potential go-ahead shot by Holy Cross at the buzzer as Hofstra edged the Crusaders, 65-64, yesterday in an ESPNU Bracket Buster game in Hempstead, N.Y.
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Not following last season&#39;s 5-to-7 finish by Notre Dame. Not after a deflating season-opening loss to Brigham Young. Not when the Irish trailed 9-to-zero at halftime to Michigan.
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Basketball games are most often decided by a crucial run, but last night was simply a runaway as the Boston College women's team routed Fordham, 82-40, before a crowd of 630 at Conte Forum.
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The longest winning streak in high school football history came to a crushing end late Saturday night. De La Salle High School, which had fashioned 12 consecutive undefeated
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Acton-Boxboro's state-record 52-game win streak ended with a loss to Bridgewater-Raynham last season. Yesterday, 367 days later, the teams met again and A-B didn't walk off the field disappointed. Akeem Mercury capped two impressive drives with fourth-quarter touchdown runs as the Colonials rolled to a 25-7 victory in Bridgewater.