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...There’s more competition here this year,” heavyweight captain Mike Skey said. “Everyone is returning, even the national champions California-Berkeley. We’re really looking forward to Cal because we never get to race against them, and we want to see how we match...
...Crimson’s only opportunity to race Cal would have been in the IRA National Championship regatta, where the Harvard and Radcliffe lightweights race every year. However, the heavyweights’ tradition of training extensively for the Harvard-Yale regatta—a marathon course of four miles for the varsity boats—has prevented the Crimson from competing in IRAs, as the regattas fall into the same time frame...
Fifty-five minutes into the match, with the score knotted at one, Harvard set up for its 13th penalty corner of the match. Junior back Liz Andrews took the ball from Kate McDavitt and flung it straight past the Cal netminder to put the Crimson ahead, 2-1, a lead that they would never surrender...
...Crimson’s defensive intensity would not let up, and short of one fluke goal by the Golden Bears, Harvard’s outstanding defense continually shut down every Cal scoring opportunity...
...California was a big step for a team that has struggled to play a truly complete game against top tier opponents. With a showdown against Princeton—winner of eight straight Ivy League titles—on the horizon, a performance like last night’s against Cal is a solid step to build upon...