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...season at the hands of the Big Red, 3-6. “Our match against Cornell during the season, that was very disappointing to lose to those guys,” Cohen said. “They had never beaten us before.” Despite the letdown, Harvard bounced back with a 7-2 win that same day against No. 8 Western Ontario and followed it up with another close 5-4 win against a No. 5-ranked Rochester team a week later. “In the Rochester match, Colin [West] sort of expected a win, [senior...
...largely the same story, with Wisconsin dominating the field, except that Princeton and Georgetown were able to avenge their dual season losses in the Grand Final, which saw Radcliffe finish fourth with a time of 6:57.341 and 28.7 team points.But the Black and White are determined that the letdown will not be repeated early next month when many of the same crews compete for the national championship.—Staff writer Robert T. Hamlin can be reached at rhamlin@fas.harvard.edu...
...Other sports physiologists are currently studying how ingesting the sugared solution, as opposed to just rinsing with it, affects physical performance, and how the body responds to artificially sweetened drinks. The body may undergo a kind of metabolic letdown in anticipation of a sugar rush that never comes, which could affect performance. "In some ways, the body's reaction is to the 'promise' of an incoming carbohydrate load, so one wonders what happens when that promise is not fulfilled," says Williams...
...thought of this recently when I got hold of Nintendo's new DSi ($169.99) handheld video-game player. My feeling of letdown was every bit as acute - perhaps because my anticipation had been unrealistically high. (See the top 10 video games...
...total team effort. Eight different Bears found the back of the net, paced by senior Jesse Nunn, who had a game-high four goals as well as an assist. Coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss to No. 13 New Hampshire last Wednesday, the Crimson might have suffered a mental letdown in its league opener. “We didn’t really execute to the level we know we are capable of,” tri-captain Shannon Flynn said. “We haven’t quite meshed yet as a group.” Brown came...