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...Mackey—and crosstown bragging rights were at least officially on the line. But the story remained the same. Once again Ratliff, a Harvard, Ill. native, dominated the Crimson, completing a three-hitter and striking out nine. Once again Harvard, despite entering the day as the defending Beanpot champion, couldn’t beat Boston College. “We obviously wanted to play BC again,” Mackey said. “We felt like we owed ‘em one. And unfortunately we didn’t get the job done...
...Harvard women’s tennis team went into yesterday’s match against Dartmouth with at least a share of the Ivy League title but left the match as the one and only Ivy League Champion after beating the Big Green 6-1 at the Boss Tennis Center. The Crimson ended its regular season with an 18-6 overall record and a 7-0 record in the Ivy League...
...Laden's statement sought to portray him as a champion of the Palestinians against a Western "crusade" and, in passing, castigated Hamas for its decision to enter the Palestinian parliament and other Arab or Islamist moderates for even considering dialogue with the West. Hamas responded by saying that while Bin Laden was entitled to his own opinions (the implication being that in the case of the Palestinians he should keep them to himself), "We are interested in good relations with the West and we call on the Western countries to reconsider their stance towards the Palestinian cause and the Muslim...
...individual standings as the Harvard men’s golf team finished sixth at the Ivy League Championships at the Ballyowen Golf Course in Hamburg. Hynes and Columbia’s Chris Condello, both placing second with three-round scores of 217, finished five shots back of the individual champion, Larry Haertel of Brown. The Crimson captain played impressively in the final round, rebounding from a second-round tally of 78, and hit 17 of 18 greens during the day—“the best I’ve hit the greens all year,” Hynes...
...Harvard’s plus-61 performance was just five strokes behind the winning Bulldogs, and it helped wipe away the memories of a sixth-place Ivy finish last year. The success was due in part to the consistent play of freshman Emily Balmert, who was crowned the individual champion, leading the entire tournament en route to a plus-seven final score. It was the first time since the tournament began play in 1997 that the winner hadn’t come from Princeton or Yale. “When you just take it shot by shot, just focus, your...