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...much insight. For the Harvard baseball team, which went 10-30 last year with an 8-12 Ivy League record, this season did not present much of a contrast statistically, but consistent observers of the Crimson would likely attest to the team’s improvement.Harvard finished its 2009 campaign at 13-28, going 10-10 in conference play, in large part due to an injury-ravaged pitching staff that forced the Crimson to rely heavily on untested freshmen and sophomores. But Harvard also took steps towards future success.“This year set the team up nicely...
...captain Kylie Stone said. “Some went our way and others didn’t. It’s all about the competition and giving it your all, and I think we did that this season.” Over the course of the 2008 campaign, the Crimson had its share of triumphs. Harvard won its opening game, 1-0, against Holy Cross on a second-half goal from sophomore midfielder Chloe Keating. The Crimson dropped its next three games, including a heartbreaker against UMass. Trailing the Minutewomen, 2-1, in the closing minutes, sophomore forward Leigh McCoy...
Coming off a year in which the alpine squad was forced to enter many early-season contests with no coach at the helm, the only way the Harvard skiing team appeared to be able to go in its 2008-09 campaign was up. But with a rash of injuries and a few team members taking temporary leaves of absence, the Crimson’s results actually worsened this year, as the team’s consistent ninth-place finishes of 2007-08 were replaced with 10th-place efforts this winter. But despite these poor results, the Harvard skiing team performed...
Objectively, the Harvard men’s swimming and diving team had a fantastic season.Finishing with an 8-1 (6-1 Ivy League) record, the Crimson only dropped one contest—to its archrival Princeton—over the entire campaign. In addition, Harvard claimed a second-place finish at both the ECAC and Ivy League Championships, while sending two swimmers and one diver to their respective NCAA tournaments in late March.The Crimson was close to perfection in its performance in the pool this season. But following the team’s flawless 2007-08 showing, close...
...really kept focused on what we needed to do at the end of the year…If our guys wrestle their best at the end, then we’re doing something right.” A number of grapplers made strong showings to complete their campaigns, including junior heavyweight Andrew Knapp (7-13), who upset fifth-seeded Mike Sprigg in the first round of the EIWA championships. O’Connor (32-5) and Jantzen (14-3) took second in the tournament at 157 and 141 lbs. respectively, while Caputo (34-8) took third at 184, justifying...