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While the Harvard softball team may not have ended its season with the title it hoped for, the ups and downs of the 2009 campaign have not only given the team many memorable moments, but, more importantly, have revealed the foundations of a strong team for next season.After a pair of preseason tournament wins at the Miken Classic and the Highlander Classic, the Crimson suffered a string of losses to Ivy League opponents. But a late-season turnaround gave Harvard the opportunity to win it all.With a trip to the Ivy League Championship Series on the line, the Crimson ultimately...
...League champion Brown.“Going to Brown had that extra edge,” incoming co-captain Andre Akpan said. “[The game] was passionate and hard-fought, and something about the atmosphere really made us take off.”In the end, the much-anticipated matchup was not even close, as Harvard destroyed its fierce rivals, 4-1, in Providence.The win put on display the main strength of the team: an extremely potent counterattack. All season long, the Crimson used its pace to move the ball quickly up the field, utilizing the creativity...
...fitting end just wasn’t to be for the four seniors of the Harvard women’s basketball team. For the second straight year, a final-day loss to Dartmouth derailed the Crimson’s shot at a NCAA Tournament spot—and this year, the Ivy League title slipped away with it.Playing for a share of the championship and a chance at a one-game playoff for the league’s tournament spot, Harvard fell uncharacteristically flat, going down, 64-51, to the Big Green in Hanover, N.H. on March...
...feel it,” Harvard coach Joe Walsh said. “Losing a big gun like Perlman—in retrospect, we just never were able to recover from that.”But while the Crimson may not have rebounded from the early end to Perlman’s season, it did get an opportunity to preview its future.While rookie hurlers like Brent Suter, Conner Hulse, Jonah Klees, and Will Keuper had their share of struggles, they also flashed potential.Suter and Hulse especially impressed near the end of the season, leaving Harvard optimistic about boasting a formidable...
...meshing together,” co-captain Becky Christensen said. “It was more like everyone wanted to do well. We were really excited to be leading such a great group of freshmen. The seniors set a good example of pushing through all the way to [the end of] your career.” While the Crimson performed well in numerous events this season, the Battle of Beantown and the HYP meet proved to be the highlights of the indoor season. The Harvard men, just half a point behind Northeastern with only the 4x400-meter relay remaining, relied...