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...including an 11-game losing streak to start the season. It allowed four teams to top the 100-point mark, something it hadn’t let any opponent do in over a decade. And yet, it still managed to come as close to beating eventual league champion Princeton at Jadwin Gym as any Crimson team had since Harvard’s last win there...
Repeating as champion is a difficult task—especially when everyone expects you to do it. Though the Harvard men’s volleyball team came into 2006 as favorites to win the reformed Hay Division after capturing the Sweeney Division in the spring of 2005, a spate of injuries and a slow start resulted in a disappointing fourth-place finish for the Crimson. Junior Dave Fitz, Harvard’s only setter with significant collegiate playing experience, suffered an ankle bone bruise on the opening weekend of the season and missed five weeks. Coupled with co-captain Seamus...
...jarring last-minute defeats, Harvard fell into a tailspin, losing its shot at history along with the chance for its first winning record in four years. The Crimson finished the season at 13-14 overall and sixth in the Ivy League with a 5-9 mark, seven games behind champion Penn.“What [the team] experienced for the first time was the feeling that people were really trying to beat us this year,” said coach Frank Sullivan prior to the season’s last weekend. “We generally saw some teams genuinely...
...Harvard softball team had its fair share of high points this season. The Crimson hovered around .500, finishing with a 20-24 record overall and a 6-8 record in the Ivy League. Ivy League play commenced midway through the spring and included a tense doubleheader against Ivy League champion Princeton. The Harvard pitching staff allowed only two runs and the Crimson earned a split against the Tigers. In the first game, sophomore Shelly Madick pitched a complete-game shutout, out-pitching Ivy League Pitcher of the Year Erin Snyder. “That was an unbelievable game...
...League packed with the talent of perennial title contender Princeton, consistently threatening Dartmouth, and two-time conference champion Cornell, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team began the 2006 season just hoping to compete in what has become one of college lacrosse’s toughest leagues. Five road wins, two triple-overtime marathons, and a surprising Selection Sunday announcement later, the Crimson ended its season in a place that it hadn’t seen in a decade—the NCAA tournament.A 6-7 season saw Harvard split its six conference games. The Crimson?...