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These stories are not about me:In May 2007, the Harvard softball team drew regional host Hofstra for its opening game of the NCAA Tournament and sent newly minted Ivy League Pitcher of the Year Shelly Madick to the circle. With one beatable team and one powerhouse joining them in the round-robin, picking up a W against the Pride would be the key to the Crimson advancing in the tournament.Madick, dueling with Hofstra’s ace, cruised through the first three frames allowing only one hit before surrendering a go-ahead solo homer in the bottom...
This year, Radcliffe heavyweight crew found more speed each week to surge ahead to its 11th NCAA tournament bid in the event’s 12 year history, beating several ranked opponents to head into the tournament seeded seventh.“There have been a lot of interesting results. No crew has distinguished themselves above and beyond every other crew,” assistant coach Cory Bosworth said after Eastern Sprints. “Any crew that goes to the tournament has a real shot at the Grand Finals. It makes it a little nerve-wracking, though...
...from an 0-7-2 performance over the previous two months that threatened to turn the Crimson into an irrelevance, head coach Ted Donato ’91 was facing his first real crisis since coming to Harvard in 2004. Preparing to compete in Boston’s Beanpot tournament and face a string of ECAC opponents until the end of the season, Donato stressed that only renewed focus and confidence could return Harvard to its potential that had already led the Crimson to victory over the likes of Boston University and Cornell. Time and again in this losing streak...
...Northern Championships (a 19-5 loss at home to No. 14 Hartwick and an 11-2 loss against archrival No. 20 Brown), the team had four days to recoup and get itself focused on succeeding at Northerns. Down by one goal after the first quarter of the first tournament game against Queens College, it seemed that the Crimson’s turbulent season was coming to an equally turbulent conclusion. To make matters worse, Snyder suffered a broken finger early on and had to sit out for the remainder of the game. But once again, the team unleashed its varied...
...finished the season first in the nation with a .952 save percentage and second with a 1.06 goals against average, setting Harvard single-season records in both categories in the process.While the Crimson ultimately suffered a disappointing 4-1 loss to Wisconsin in the Frozen Four of the NCAA tournament, the team will prepare for its next title run with the reassuring knowledge that it will once again have Christina Kessler in net as its last line of defense, and that she’s there to stay.—Staff writer Loren Amor can be reached at lamor@fas.harvard.edu...