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...Connor made a habit of winning during the 2009-10 season, going 35-0 as the top-ranked wrestler in his weight class. His final victory, a 6-4 win over Chase Pami of Cal Poly, was a stellar conclusion to a season that often lacked team highlights. Still, although the Crimson (2-14-1, 0-5 Ivy) struggled in the dual season, the entire squad eagerly contributed to the success of all three of its NCAA qualifiers—O’Connor, co-captain Louis Caputo (184), and freshman Steven Keith...
This toughness was crucial in a season once again marked by injuries. Although the Crimson opened the dual season with high hopes, when injuries felled senior Andrew Knapp, sophomore Walter Peppelman, and a number of talented freshmen, rookies were forced to step into starting roles immediately. The dual meet record reflected this inexperience, with Harvard falling to Princeton, Penn, Brown, Columbia, and Cornell by a combined score of 183-54 in a difficult Ivy slate. Still, O’Connor pointed out that getting back on the mat was the best way to change this result...
...before the wins, the trophies, and the NCAA tournament appearance, it seemed all too soon that the championship would be out of the Crimson’s grasp, as the team fell to five of its first seven opponents. Although all were nonconference games, Harvard’s players couldn’t clamor back from deficits on both the offensive and defensive ends...
...Although Harvard beat Bucknell in a close overtime match at the Elite Eight just a week after the Bison had beaten them for fifth place at the ECAC Championships, it dropped to a 9-5 record...
...meet with the Dalai Lama like all presidents before him, as we believe attention ought to be paid to China’s human rights abuses and unconscionable occupation of Tibet. We were also thrilled at his successful attempt to reach a pact with the Chinese on climate change, although we noted that the speeches offered by Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao were little more than words until they yield actions. On the subject of China, we were also pleased by Google’s decision to pull out of the country to protest its censorship laws...