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...love the kind of student athletes I get here.” Going into the game, however, such records were a complete afterthought. Harvard went into the weekend knowing that with two wins it would retain its Ivy League title and earn a spot in the NCAA tournament. A large 24-point victory over lowly Brown in Cambridge last month gave the Crimson plenty of confidence going into Friday’s matchup. But the Bears were looking to spoil the party. Putting pressure on the ball handlers, Brown forced 11 first-half turnovers and prevented Harvard from getting settled...
...piece of the championship. On Saturday Cornell (18-10, 11-3 Ivy) made quick work of Princeton, winning 76-59, while Dartmouth (14-14, 11-3 Ivy) squeaked by Brown, 51-48. As for the other implication of this weekend’s games—the NCAA tournament berth—Harvard must now knock off its co-champions if it hopes to go to the Big Dance. The Ivy League will announce playoff scenarios in the coming days...
...back and wait and see what happened,” Stone said. “We were going after it and that’s the kind of attitude you need to have to be successful in the playoffs.”Harvard now advances to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed, facing Dartmouth in the first round at Bright on March 15. The puck will drop at 2 p.m. The Crimson has beaten the Big Green by scores of 2-1 and 4-0 this season.—Staff writer Loren Amor can be reached...
...also good enough for an NCAA “B” bid. Rathgeber also set the new standard for the 200 IM with a 1:45:62 finish, earning himself an NCAA “A” qualifying time and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in Washington later this month. Jones captured a new pool record and an NCAA “B” qualifying time in the 100-yard butterfly, as did freshman Justin Davidson (100-yard breaststroke), bringing Harvard’s total of records broken for the weekend up to seven...
...seniors on the Harvard wrestling team, the EIWA tournament represented a chance to finish their careers on a high note. Bobby Latessa and Matt Button were the only seniors to compete for the Crimson, as nine grapplers traveled to Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., and even they could only do so in leg braces. “[Matt and Bobby] weren’t ready,” Harvard coach Jay Weiss said. “They showed a lot of courage. Many other people wouldn’t have [competed], but they wanted to go out on their...