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Unable to improve significantly upon its base pace, the Crimson slipped from two seconds ahead to just over one behind at the finish, falling short of the nation’s top spot by a mere five feet. Last season’s contest was even tighter, when the Midshipmen caught Harvard from behind with 10 strokes to go, eking out a 0.46-second victory. In both cases, the Crimson, its seasons still in relatively nascent stages, cited the lack of sprint practice as the cause of the downfall...
...morning after Harvard weathered the lyrical assault of Busta Rhymes and his Flipmode Squad, the No. 5 Radcliffe heavyweight crew fought a more strenuous contest against No. 9 Yale—and the results were not so sweet to the ears of Harvard students...
...varsity fours Radcliffe (6:53.1) edged its New Haven rival (6:53.9) in a close contest by just 0.8 seconds and in a varsity four “B” competition, the Black and White (6:18.2) defeated Yale (6:22.7) more easily...
Continuing a run of success this season in supporting the 1V, the Radcliffe second varsity eight won its contest amid controversy. In that race, the Bulldogs again had the staggered lead but failed to follow its lane, missing two buoys to cross the curve instead of following it. The Black and White was awarded victory as Yale was disqualified. Despite the iniquitous shortcut, the Bulldogs’ mark of 6:20.7 topped Radcliffe’s strong effort (6:21.4) by less that a second...
Though Friday’s match at Brown proved the No. 22 Harvard men’s tennis team’s most exciting, it was yesterday’s home contest against No. 71 Yale, a 6-1 Crimson victory, which solidified an NCAA tournament bid and at least a share of the Ivy championship...