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...opening 2008 with a 1-4-1 record, the Crimson has come to life in February, starting with a first-round Beanpot Tournament victory against No. 14 Northeastern and culminating in an impressive performance last week. The Crimson pushed No. 7 Boston College to the brink in the Beanpot Championship Game, Harvard’s first trip to the finals since 1998. Despite the disappointment of the 6-5 overtime loss, rebounded to defeat two ranked opponents over the weekend -- No. 17 Princeton and No. 16 Quinnipiac, 3-2 and 4-1, respectively. Suddenly, the Crimson is a contender...
...March 1 if both teams win their other three remaining league contests.“That game can’t come soon enough,” Finelli said. “We’re not overlooking any of the Ivy teams, because every game is like a championship game for us, but that game is about personal pride for us. We need to come out and play our game and prove to ourselves that we’re the numer one team in the league.”—Staff writer Aidan E. Tait...
...season that has been full of victories, the No. 1 Harvard women’s hockey team picked up another important championship on Friday night. The Crimson (24-1-0, 19-0-0 ECAC) followed up on its Beanpot win with a gritty 3-1 victory over Princeton (12-8-5, 10-7-2 ECAC) at Baker Rink to clinch the ECAC regular-season crown.Freshman Kate Buesser knocked in the game-winning goal with just five minutes remaining in the game, breaking a 1-1 tie and propelling Harvard to its fifth ECAC regular-season title...
...seem completely fair. In last Monday’s Beanpot championship game, the Harvard men’s hockey team played well enough to earn the title of Boston champions, but came away with a hard-fought, tough-luck loss.Four nights later, in another close game against a ranked, heavily-favored opponent, the Crimson’s effort was sloppier. But this time, it was rewarded with a victory. “We kind of got away with one,” co-captain Mike Taylor said. “I felt we played better against [Boston College...
...loss was definitely Diriamba's gain, in the form of the "Perfect Season, 19-0" Patriots T-shirts and hats that Brady, Belichick and Bruschi were supposed to have worn on the field after the game. Due to NFL regulations that prohibit the sale of the losing team's "championship" apparel, the T-shirts and hats were donated to needy Nicaraguans by World Vision, in conjunction with the NFL and Reebok...