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Harvard also picked up a win against Penn, 7-2, in the regular season and recorded another close victory over Cornell at the CSA National Team Championships.
The spring season started out strong, with four straight victories for the Crimson against Brown, Williams, Dartmouth, and Cornell. Then-No. 3 Rochester handed the Crimson its first loss, 7-2, on Jan. 23, though West and freshman Alexander Ma picked up wins for Harvard. The squad remained unfazed by...
Harvard did not let this loss set a precedent for the rest of the season. Just a day after the defeat against the Aggies, the Crimson traveled to Ithaca, N.Y., blowing Cornell and Dartmouth out of the water, 177-123 and 237-63, respectively.
“It was that first weekend out that we lost to Columbia and Cornell,” said head coach Dave Fish ’72. “It was the toughest weekend [in terms of difficulty] for any team to play.”
That kind of atmosphere helped the Crimson stay loose in a tight race for the Ivy title. When Harvard’s six-game winning streak was snapped by Wake Forest, the Crimson didn’t miss a beat in its following games, when the team tied Cornell and...