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...play better. Even in practice, if one guys plays better, everybody starts playing better.” In the spring, the team began to hold its own. As the Crimson finished second at the Fairfield Invitational at Myrtle Beach, Shore placed fourth, just three shots off the co-champions from Lewis University. Shuman finished ninth, just two shots behind Shore. Sophomore Danny Mayer also earned his first top-20 finish of the year. After this, the Crimson enjoyed its victory at Yale, but had to quickly gear up for the New England Division I Championships the next week. Harvard slipped...
...first of a seven-game Ivy losing streak that would strip Harvard of its chances to nab the top spot. Perhaps the most disappointing defeat of the season came in the sixth game of the streak, as the Crimson wasted a strong first-half performance against eventual Ivy League champion Cornell. Key turnovers in the final seconds allowed the Big Red to wrench the game from Harvard’s grasp, 72-71. While a 1-7 Ivy record forced the Crimson to look to next year for its title dreams, it was not enough to crush morale. Harvard bounced...
...started all 40 games, also picked up his play and finished the season ranked first on the team in runs, RBI, home runs, and stolen bases. Harvard crushed Brown in a four-game sweep after the series with Yale, but then lost three of four to Rolfe Division champion Dartmouth. The Crimson went 7-5—highlighted by the sweep of the Bears at home—to close the year after its dismal start and brought its league record back to respectability.Senior Matt Kramer, who anchored the defense at catcher and first base, led the team...
...Don’t Tell” policy, which prohibits those who “demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts” from serving. While its students are trying to change their future for the better, Harvard University claims to champion that same goal—by banning a student organization from its campus and grandstanding at its commissioning ceremony. We cannot be content to excuse the University’s mistreatment of ROTC students in an effort to make a political statement
...more, then the one with more experience has the upper hand.”Unfortunately for Harvard, the youth and inexperience of the varsity squad cost the team precious dual race wins. In its first race of the season, the Crimson came in second to Cornell, the defending national champion. The Big Red took advantage of its familiarity with its turn-laden course on Lake Cayuga to systematically increase its lead. The Crimson finished 4.4 seconds behind Cornell and 6.2 seconds ahead of Penn with a time of 5:51.3. “The first race against Cornell is usually...