Word: tournamente
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that’s a successful season in my book.” While Harvard’s season ended in New Jersey on May 3, it began over two months before on February 29 in San Diego. The Crimson started its 2008 campaign playing in several warm-weather tournaments, including the San Diego Classic, the Blue & Gold Felsberg Mermorial in Miami, and finally the Mercer Easter Classic in Macon, Ga. In the first two tournaments, Harvard went a combined 1-9 playing against high-caliber teams. “I haven’t had a schedule like this...
...incomplete. After controlling its own destiny for an outright title in the league’s final weekend, the Crimson wound up sharing the conference crown with Dartmouth and Cornell and falling in an Ivy playoff—and losing out on a return trip to the NCAA tournament. “Our ultimate goal was to get back to the tournament,” departing captain Lindsay Hallion said. “We had a lot of successes during the season, but we didn’t achieve that goal, and that was pretty disappointing...
...induce consistent improvement from his players. Scoring has gone down every year he has been at the helm, and the 19 lowest team scores in program history have all come during the last three seasons. In his four years as coach, Harvard has won a total of 14 tournaments, while the program only had five tournament victories before Rhoads took over. When Rhoads joined the Crimson, he set a goal of not only becoming the best team in the Ivy League, but also the best team in the entire Northeast. This year, Harvard achieved both, finishing the season...
...season, finished the year ranked No. 93 in the nation. She was named to the All-Ivy First Team in singles and was an All-Ivy Honorable Mention in doubles with freshman partner Samantha Rosekrans. The junior was also the only Ivy League player to compete in the NCAA tournament, though she lost 6-3, 7-5 in the first round to the No. 14 player in the nation. By the time the Crimson made its way out to California for its spring break trip, the squad was 0-9. Harvard dropped three more matches to brutal opponents out West...
...return to the NCAA tournament for the first time in four years and capture an Ivy League title with an undefeated league and a 15-7 overall record, the Harvard men’s tennis team relied on the depth of its lineup, particularly at the No. 5 and No. 6 singles spots. Thanks to two rookies, Alexei Chijoff-Evans and Aba Omodele-Lucien, the Crimson held down these last two spots on the ladder. Known to his teammates and coach as a “California dude” for his laid back attitude, Chijoff-Evans consistenly frustrated opponents...