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...once-potent offense mustered only eight hits on the day, as Harvard’s bats appeared lost against the Bears’ starters.“[The Brown pitchers] were nothing special,” freshman hurler Conner Hulse lamented. “We’ve seen better pitching all year long, but I felt like we weren’t extremely disciplined at the plate, swinging at pitches we shouldn’t have.”The Crimson struck out 12 times on the day, drawing only four walks, and failed to set up meaningful scoring...
...members of the Ancient Eight. The only Ivy League team not to participate was Cornell. “We had a decent tournament,” Harvard coach Kevin Rhoads said. “It would have been nice to come away with the win, but Princeton played slightly better than we did.” Crimson sophomore Mia Kabasakalis tore her way through the par-72, 6018-yard course, leading her team with a total score of 154, which put her in a tie for fifth. Building upon a first-day 78 with a second-day 76, she finished...
...greeted them. The students who confronted the WBC had the best of intentions: They meant to show their opposition to a despicable group. Nevertheless, the WBC fed off the publicity like a cancer. It should have been ignored. But these students’ desire to show that they were better than these bigots proved too powerful to ignore...
...seventh brought Harvard within reach, 7-5. But Brown’s bullpen stifled the Crimson’s momentum, as Andrew Backowski and Matt Kimball combined for 2.2 innings of one-hit ball, preventing Harvard from closing the gap.BROWN 3, HARVARD 1The morning effort did not yield better results for the Crimson, as it floundered against Bears starter Mark Gormley. Harvard mustered only six hits in the contest, perhaps due to over-eager bats.“Brown’s got some good pitchers, but we were also swinging at a lot of bad pitches...
...play, finishing sixth overall to pace the Crimson attack.The one-two punch of Shuman and Pollak proved lethal for the rest of the competition. The squad hopes it will be more of the same next week.“Having [Shuman] here really pushes me to be a better player,” Pollak said. “We’re always battling it out to see who will win this week.”Harvard was able to get back to its winning ways in part because the conditions were greatly improved. Facing blustery winds and cold rain...