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The men’s lightweight crew teams started off the season with a bang Saturday, as Harvard swept Penn and Cornell to win the Matthews-Leonard Cup. The Crimson, competing in New Jersey in near-perfect conditions, showed no signs of early-season jitters in capturing its first victory...
“After the start, we started to gain on both Penn and Cornell,” Luff said. “We passed Penn, then Cornell, to take the lead.”
Harvard focused on maintaining a rhythm within its own boat once it had moved through both Penn and Cornell. The start behind them, the first varsity rowers used 10- or 20-stroke power pieces to increase their lead.
Cornell began the Ivy season strong, defeating Columbia, 4-3, on April 2. The team, which is led by first-year coach Laura Glitz, is pleased with its results thus far and is looking forward to upsetting the perennial favorites.
Over the past two seasons, Harvard’s record against Cornell and Columbia has been all but perfect, as the Crimson shut out Columbia 7-0 and beat Cornell 5-2 last season and shut out both teams in 2003.