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...men’s water polo team played the first of its two postseason tournaments this weekend at the Northern Championships hosted by MIT.The Crimson finished the tournament in the same position as it entered, winning the third-place game against Iona to secure a spot as the No. 6 seed for Eastern Championships.Entering Northerns as the No. 3 seed, Harvard played its first-round game against Fordham, a team it defeated earlier in the year, 10-5.The Crimson set the tone for the match early, cruising to a commanding first-half lead.Although a berth at Easterns was assured...
...surprise 5-5 finish, the Lions are experiencing a sophomore slump in Wilson’s second year as big man on campus in Morningside Heights. But they are well-prepared and don’t back down from challenges, as evidenced by last weekend’s first-half shutout of powerhouse Yale...
...Chris Ludwick led the way with four goals, and sophomore Spencer Livingston contributed three of his own in the 10-5 Crimson win. After being tied 3-3 at half, Harvard’s offense awoke in the second half, ending the game with four unanswered goals. Although the Crimson has shown the ability to go toe-to-toe with anyone in the pool, its glaring weakness has been slow first-half starts. To prevent this from happening in the postseason, Harvard has adjusted its pre-game preparations. “We spent a whole practice working on our warm...
Harvard (10-4-1, 3-2-0 Ivy) defeated Dartmouth (3-9-2, 1-3-1) for the first time this millennium by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. The Crimson, which last beat the Big Green in 1999, took advantage of a first-half goal by co-captain Megan Merritt and a strong defensive performance from sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Mann to record its second consecutive Ivy win. “Days like this are always exciting,” Merritt said. “You can never predict the outcome. The team really needed to bring the energy...
...definitely helps, having confidence in the receivers, knowing they’re going to make the right adjustment when I start scrambling, and they were in the right spot each time.” Sophomore Cheng Ho paced the Crimson’s ground game, which netted only 27 first-half yards, with 113 yards on 24 carries. The Harvard secondary held the Tigers to only 10 completions and 84 passing yards, and limited top receiver Brendan Circle to two catches for 31 yards. Last year, Circle burned the Crimson for 114 yards. Senior cornerback Steven Williams grabbed two interceptions...