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...pressure of defending its Ivy crown—eviscerated its next three opponents, including a 4-0 demolition of Yale, and made it into the NCAAs for the second straight year. “We knew we had to come out and make a statement to get into the tournament,” co-captain Adam Hahn said. Harvard began first round play as the favorites against Central Connecticut State. But the favorite label was not a good look for the Crimson in 2007, as Harvard once again collapsed under pressure, falling 3-2 to the Blue Devils. The loss...
...It’s the best season we’ve ever had. Period.” The 2007-08 campaign was a historic one for the Harvard women’s golf team, culminating in its first-ever Ivy League championship. The Crimson won five of the nine tournaments in which it played and had individuals finish first in three of them. Hazlett, junior Emily Balmert, and sophomore Claire Sheldon were named to the All-Ivy team. “Harvard has a lot of history, and to do something for the first time and achieve something like this...
...record overall. Even in its losses, No. 51 Harvard put up impressive fights against top-flight teams such as then-No. 1 Virginia, then-No. 13 Pepperdine, then-No. 8 Michigan, and especially against then-No. 17 Texas Tech in the Crimson’s first NCAA tournament in four years. The squad’s grueling slate before Ivy League play began certainly left Harvard prepared to face its less challenging conference opponents. Although the schedule gave the Crimson a taste of the NCAA’s best in 2008, it remains to be seen whether Harvard can repeat...
...Defense!" the players yell to one another as the clock winds down and the opposition bears down on their basket in the dying minutes of the championship game. "Play defense!" The event could be any high school girl's basketball tournament, but for the fact that the players are all wearing loose-fitting sweatshirts and Islamic hijab scarves - and there are no men in the crowd. Instead, it is at the Islamic Games 2008 that the girls of New York City's Al-Madinah school team are struggling to contain the marauding forwards of the New Jersey private school Noor...
...tradition of the Soviet Union in its heyday. And there was certainly an opportunity for crowing, just last week, when Russia's Zenit St. Petersburg won a 2-0 victory over Glasgow Rangers in the UEFA Cup Final staged in Manchester. That trophy may be a lesser tournament than the Champion's League, but that didn't stop both Prime Minister Putin and his President-consort Dmitri Medvedev from celebrating Zenit as if it had defended Mother Russia against foreign aggression. In the same week, a second opportunity to whip up national hysteria came when Russia defeated Canada...