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...classical pieces in their original languages, they’ve stopped in recent years. “[Over time] they changed it because fewer students have a command of the language and the time to do it,” Taxin says. But translating from an ancient language wasn’t the only rock the HCC had to roll up the mountain. “We had some trouble with the male parts because there were a lot of all-male shows going up,” said Taxin, referring to the fact that all four main roles...
...higher-ranked teams in the Ivy League that Harvard is a team to be reckoned with,” Martin said. “Every single game that they played with us was a hard fought game.” With the win, Cornell clinched second place in the Ancient Eight, overtaking Princeton with whom the Big Red was tied entering Saturday’s matchup. Both squads fell far short of challenging Penn, who clinched a conference title repeat by posting an undefeated, 7-0 Ivy season. The Crimson is set to play in its last game...
...year Harvard has caught lucky breaks. In the ninth inning, the Big Green threw four wild pitches, hit two batters, walked two more, and committed an error. In games decided by two runs or fewer this season, Harvard is 3-12.COMEBACK KIDSThe Crimson had an epic comeback in its last Ancient Eight game, but it almost had another big come-from-behind victory in the nightcap of Saturday’s contest. Up 5-0 in the eighth, Dartmouth nearly lost hold of the game when Harvard scored four runs in the bottom of the inning. The highlight of the comeback...
...that just scoffed at me, I’m not talking about the Ivy League that plays in Division I-AA football—a division in which a team beats one of the top squads in the country only once every blue moon, in which an Ancient Eight team hasn’t won the national championship since the first half of the 20th century...
...sport that is picking up speed and popularity across the country, a sport in which every year the Ancient Eight fields multiple nationally competitive teams—lacrosse...