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...water polo coach Erik Farrar was nervous about his team’s trip to the Ivy Championship tournament this weekend at Brown, he had every right to be. In addition to the usual opening-weekend jitters, the Crimson had to deal with an injury-filled bench and a starting lineup that contained four freshmen and just two upperclassmen. Even with these setbacks the Crimson took second place overall, going 3-2 on the weekend to take second place in the tournament. Harvard faced the Bears in the championship game after defeating Penn in the semifinals. But Brown proved...
...frame.But like all things in Jadwin Gym, his stellar play faded away, as the Tigers collapsed on him with double teams when Harvard gave the big man touches down the stretch.And with three minutes left in the first overtime, a questionable off-the-ball call sent Harris to the bench with five fouls—a huge loss on both ends of the court for the Crimson. With the only other consistent scoring threat besides Housman fouled out, Harvard fought an uphill battle the entire rest of the way.“Everybody, especially Evan, was determined to play better...
...being a fan as any. What’s more, Crimson football fans got to take classes (the meaningful type, with homework and finals) with their weekend hero. They got to legitimately live the life of the star they cheered, taking the same shuttles, eating the same food, bench-pressing the same 400 pounds. Even if Oden brings Ohio State a championship in April, he won’t have given the Buckeye nation as much as it will surely have given him. The same cannot be said for Dawson or Cusworth or world champion fencer Emily Cross...
...time ticks away [in the season], you just try to stay positive,” captain Dylan Reese said. “We worked with some psychologists in sports psychology about staying positive, and that’s the atmosphere we tried to keep on the bench.” The attitude adjustment, however, seemed to have little effect, as the Crimson was forced to spend much of the contest playing catch-up and was not able to generate enough chances to even the score. “I didn’t feel we were able to ever...
...record, where a lot of teams could have chucked it and lost confidence, they just stuck with it and worked really, really hard. This particular group’s reaction is something that demands my respect.” HARVARD 71, CORNELL 57 Sophomore Emma Moretzsohn came off the bench to record 18 points and 13 rebounds in 12 minutes and help Harvard to a 71-57 statement win over Cornell. The victory launched the Crimson into a first-place tie with Princeton atop the league standings. Sophomores Emily Tay and Niki Finelli chipped in 14 and 11 points, respectively...