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...Commiserating with my fellow sports writers, fawning over players, cringing with injuries, and feeling excitement after Ancient Eight championships all played an integral role in my continued commitment to writing...
Coming off a historic campaign and its first-ever Ivy League championship in 2007-08, the Harvard women’s golf team looked to stay atop the Ancient Eight standings and advance among the ranks nationally in 2008-09. While the Crimson would have liked to end the season on a slightly better note, Harvard accomplished precisely what it set out to do in this year’s campaign. Capturing its second Ivy League title in as many years and placing three women on the All-Ivy team—including inaugural Ivy Rookie of the Year Christine...
...class of the Ivy League. And in reality, the Crimson proved to be just that.Led by fifth-year senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti and a defense with a wealth of experience, Harvard finished this year’s campaign 9-1 (6-1 Ivy) to successfully defend its Ancient Eight title. “It was a great season, the first Harvard football team in 25 years to win back-to-back Ivy League titles,” captain Matt Curtis said. “That’s the goal for Harvard football every year, to win the championship...
...year of splits. It was clear that we could have taken both games from teams, but we weren’t able to put that together.” After losing the first game of the twinbill to eventual Ivy League champion Cornell, 3-0, in its Ancient Eight home opener, Harvard stormed back to edge the Big Red, 6-5, in the nightcap to snap Cornell’s 15-game winning streak. Harvard then split a pair with defending league champion Princeton the next day.The Crimson faltered in its Ivy North opener, getting swept by Yale, but responded...
...equaled its win total from a year ago while taking the league title, as well as nabbing its first NCAA tournament berth since 2004. It was another huge step in second-year coach Ray Leone’s development of the program, which had last won the Ancient Eight crown...