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...best opportunity slip away. During the next Mount Olive serve, the crowd rained a chorus of boos down on the visitors, causing a miscue and giving the hosts a chance to fight back.Sophomore Soren Rosier had a hand in winning three straight points before junior captain Brady Weissbourd posted back-to-back blocks to give Harvard its biggest lead of the night at 18-14. Strong serving by Rosier and Weintraub sealed a Crimson victory, but in the end only served to remind the fans of what could have been a great performance.The impeccable serving and crisp passing...
...finals to finish at a third-best 2:49.65. “Jamie had a huge [personal record] in the 1000,” Boyle said. “She’s a great addition to the team.” Rookies Claire Richardson and Meghan Cleary offered back-to-back finishes in the women’s 3K with 20th- and 21st-ranked 10:03.20 and 10:06.29 times, respectively. Junior Becky Christensen’s 1.79m clearance in the high jump came up just one centimeter short of her personal indoor best, but provisionally...
...HARVARD 4 Ball State barely defeated the Crimson for the first time on Saturday in a come-from-behind win. The Crimson was leading 4-2 going into the bottom of the seventh, but the Cardinals notched three runs when they counted to outlast Harvard. Ball State rallied with back-to-back singles, followed by a walk, a fielder’s choice, and a Crimson error. Harvard out-hit the Cardinals 8-5. “We need to step it up on the attack,” Crimson coach Jenny Allard said. “When...
...nine at 43-34, the Bulldogs kept the pressure on, scoring seven unanswered to extend the lead to 16 at 50-34, capped off by a three-point play by Pinick.Not wanting to go down without a fight, Lin looked to take the game into his own hands. On back-to-back possessions, the sophomore hit jumpers—first a fadeaway from the left side, then an 18-footer from the top of the key. But, it was too little too late for the Crimson.Yale’s lead soon ballooned to 20, before Amaker pulled...
Although in-the-paint troubles are nothing new for Harvard, the surprising cold spell in the shooting department proved particularly worrisome. After going off for 20-plus points on back-to-back nights last weekend, sophomore Jeremy Lin was held to 5-of-11 shooting for only 10 points...