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...best performance since 2001.With its stellar freshmen and sophomores one year wiser and its seniors ready to take charge, Harvard had high hopes heading into the 2008 season. It did not disappoint, improving its league record to 5-1-1 and entering the NCAA tournament on an eight-game unbeaten streak.The turnaround was partially a product of Leone’s ability to take full advantage of his situation.“We’ve had great recruits the last couple years, and our senior class was the first core group to stick together in a while...
...been the veteran on a rebuilding squad that floundered to a 2-17 mark last year. And in 2009, Ko was the leader of an extraordinary story of resurgence. As the undisputed No. 1 player on the Crimson (13-8, 6-1 Ivy), Ko went undefeated in the Ancient Eight and led her team to a share of the Ivy League title. She was unanimously named the Ivy League Player of the Year. “[This year] was amazing,” Ko said. “It’s nice to win Ivies freshman year and senior...
...must first look backwards. Hagner arrived in Cambridge in 2006 as a highly-touted recruit, and by no means was she a bust in her first two seasons.She started every game as a rookie, scoring once and turning in three assists. She made 15 appearances her sophomore season, starting eight, and matched her previous assist total.But there was still something missing. Here was a two-time high school All-American, named by Soccer Buzz as one of the top-100 recruits in the nation, who had simply not yet realized her full potential in college.This year, she finally figured...
...college.”Brown continued her dominance through the preseason slate, taking MVP honors at the Miken Classic and Highlander Classic while leading Harvard to victories in both. And when the whirlwind Ivy season began, the rookie was up for the challenge.In the Crimson’s Ancient Eight opener against Columbia, Brown made perhaps her best showing of the season—a one-hit shutout in which she rung up 14 Lions and walked none—helping Harvard to a narrow 1-0 victory. “You couldn’t even tell...
Borowitz, Andy •insufficient media attention to Jon & Kate Plus Eight is bemoaned...