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...match for the Crimson this year, guiding the team to a 20-1 overall record. Vloka, a stranger to defeat, finished with a perfect record in many key tournaments throughout the year. She went 12-0 in the second part of the Ivy Championships, 6-0 against defending national champion Ohio State and St. John’s, and 9-0 in the annual Beanpot tournament. This, along with various other stellar performances, places Vloka among the best fencers in the country. “After the first day [of NCAAs], when I saw I was in top four...
...just a shock,” Crimson coach Ray Leone said after the game. “To end the game like that, it’s just, I just can’t believe it. To end the game like that and to be the champion in the same second that it ends…” No one would have predicted a miracle finish after the first two overtimes saw the Crimson outshoot Columbia, 9-3, but come away empty-handed. In the first overtime, a shot from Harvard’s freshman standout Melanie Baskind ricocheted...
...winner in the 2007 and 2008 California state championships and an Under-18 World Champion, Weiler brought his pole vaulting pedigree to Harvard and the Ivy League, where he has dominated the competition since the beginning of the indoor season...
...sometimes, life can be a microcosm of sports, too. When a kid loses both parents, lives an adolescence defined by constant change, and uses his naivety to break down the barriers of segregation, we assign to him the most fundamental tenets of sport: winner, champion, victor...
...year ago. If we are able to combine our consistent play from this year with some extraordinary rounds here and there, we should be able to improve our finishes in a national tournament.” Senior Emily Balmert, Harvard’s first individual Ivy League champion in program history in 2006 and the first women’s golfer and second Crimson golfer to earn All-Ivy four times, also recognized the steady improvement Harvard women’s golf has seen over its recent campaigns. “The team has gotten stronger every year over...