Word: championships
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...Harvard's historic win did not come easily. Despite an impressive 9-2 pre-conference record and a third consecutive outright Ivy League Championship--the first Ivy team ever to win three consecutive outright titles--the Crimson was given a 16 seed for the second straight year. And despite leading by as many as 12 points in the first half versus Stanford, Harvard found itself trailing by three with under three minutes to play, and it seemed as though the Crimson's threat of an upset would remain just that--a threat...
...strong fashion with a68-54 defeat of Mt. St. Mary's before heading intothe Harvard Invitational, which the Crimson hadnot won since 1988. But the 10-year drought cameto an end as Harvard posted identical 69-57 winsover Norfolk State in the first round and Loyola(Md.) in the championship game to capture theInvitational title. Those two wins were the secondand third in a six-game winning streak thatcarried Harvard into winter break and two contestsin South Carolina...
...Francisco-Suurkask tandem led Harvard's offense from Day One, helping the Crimson capture its first All-American Tournament Championship since 1993. In three convincing victories over national power Minnesota, Augsburg and Gustavus Adolphus by a combined margin of 18 goals, Suurkask tallied seven goals and three assists while Francisco contributed four goals and five assists...
Season highlights included solid, back-to-back, three-goal wins over traditional ECAC powers Providence and Cornell. And after advancing to the Beanpot Championship with a sound defeat of Boston College, Harvard took second-ranked Northeastern to the brink, erasing a three-goal deficit in the third period before finally losing the `Pot to the Huskies by a slim 5-4 margin...
...season was a season of promise for Harvard. It was the final year of laying a foundation that will place the Crimson in the thick of the national championship chase next season. After losing just two players from this year's squad--junior Kate Schutt's eligibility is up after she spent two years at the Berklee College of Music--Harvard will welcome back Shewchuck and Mleczko in the fall, and a couple of new faces will grace the ice in Bright Hockey Center...