Word: championship
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...offensive core, failing to win crucial games and finishing meekly to a 4-6 finish. This year, same story, though thanks to a 5-2 start, the team can still finish with a winning record with a victory in New Haven, not to mention play spoiler to Yale's championship aspirations...
...This year's Harvard team looked to shake off the demons of last season's 4-6 campaign and bring back the glory of 1997's 9-1 Ivy League championship. With the team tied for first after week seven, the Crimson was in position to do just that. But then devastating losses to Brown and Princeton killed the team's Ivy title hopes, leaving Harvard at 5-4. Now the Crimson can only play the role of spoiler at New Haven...
After seeing its championship hopes vanish with a pair of heartbreaking losses to Brown and Pennsylvania, Harvard heads into the 116th playing of The Game with the chance to do the same to Yale and spoil its bid for the Ivy title...
...Sands' ascent to the top of the defensive hierarchy started in the spring following his freshman year. His strong play in spring ball earned him the Don Chiofaro '68 Award for Most Improved Linebacker and a starting job the next year. In that championship 1997 season, Sands earned an Ivy League Player of the Week award, but he didn't feel as much a part of the team...
...squash team begins the season at No. 2 in the NISRA preseason rankings. That is understandable, considering that last year the Crimson was defeated, 8-1 by Trinity in the Potter Trophy finals, the national championship in men's squash. But according to Bajwa, the gap between Trinity and Harvard right now is not that large...