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...soccer, the constant scoring of basketball, or the explosiveness of football to baseball and its subtler charms. In the way of counter-argument, I present the idyllic settings of ballparks, the tactical nuance that goes into every strategic decision, and the unmatched tension of a ninth-inning nail-biter. Sadly, all of these elements were absent from Harvard’s Sunday doubleheader with Columbia. The vista beyond the fences of O’Donnell Field is nothing to marvel at. With a cruel gust blowing in off the Charles, it was cold and I was underdressed. The seemingly interminable...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IN LEHMAN'S TERMS: Baseball Offers Timeless Appeal | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

...just depended on which team could make that final push.” On Saturday, that team was the Crimson. Having struggled earlier in the season with closing out games, Harvard intensified its play in the final points of the contest against ESU. The match was a nail-biter from the start, with neither team gaining a significant advantage in any given game. Each of the four games came down to the last few points, and the match’s fourth frame—the clincher for Harvard—went several points above 30 before the Crimson...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Keeps Streak Going | 3/19/2006 | See Source »

...some huge saves for them.” “Both of them are doing what their teams need them to do,” she added. The result proved another example, after the previous weekend’s last-second denouement and Friday’s nail-biter, of how evenly matched the two squads are and promised an exciting conclusion to the series in yesterday’s finale. —Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Game Two: Clarkson Reverses Luck in Crunch-Time | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

...Attacking from the outside made for easy points on the inside, with Tay tallying four assists on the night. In the game against Cornell, authority in the post led to the 80-71 Crimson triumph. Rollins took it upon herself to close out what became a nail-biter in the second half, finishing with 19 points and nine rebounds against the Big Red. The powerhouse pair of Rollins and Moretzsohn freed up the perimeter for he outside shot, as Harvard went 8-of-12 behind the arc on the night. Continued impressive post play by Rollins has garnered much league...

Author: By Vincent R. Oletu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rookie Class Aids Harvard | 2/24/2006 | See Source »

...dominance on the court by shutting out her opponent 6-0 in the first set and finished the match with a 6-3 second-set win to lead Harvard to its first-ever semifinal at the tournament.HARVARD 4, GEORGIA 3The Crimson’s first match was a nail-biter against Georgia on Thursday, as the score was tied 3-3 before Harvard clinched the victory in the last match of singles play. “We didn’t really have a lot of confidence-boosting going into the first match—we just did our normal...

Author: By Barbara R Barreno, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Tennis Stopped by Stanford | 2/6/2006 | See Source »

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