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...Game will likely mean nothing for either Crimson or Bulldog football in fighting for an Ivy League title. Both Harvard and Yale (4-5, 4-2) sit powerless at second in the league. Brown is in first at 5-1 and needs only a victory over winless Columbia to clinch the title...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Quarterback Anthony Vita came off the bench to spark a fourth-quarter rally and Nick Hartigan ran for 193 yards and two touchdowns as Brown defeated Dartmouth 24-14 on Saturday to clinch its third Ivy League championship. The victory was the seventh in a row for the Bears (8-1, 5-1 Ivy), who moved into sole possession of first place with one league game remaining with Princeton’s 21-14 loss to Yale. Brown clinched at least a tie for the championship, but can win its first outright league title with...
...past seven, and for small reasons we lose these close ones.” Three of its losses—against Cornell, Rhode Island, and then the Big Green on Saturday—all ended with a goal in the last minutes of play by the opposing team to clinch the win. In its tie with the Tigers, Harvard also surrendered the tying goal in the last minutes of play. With its run of bad luck, the Crimson has dropped to 4-7-2 overall and is winless in the Ivy League. Harvard is now going to have to focus...
...true tests lie ahead. The Quakers have Brown on the road this weekend, followed by a visit from Princeton and a trip to Cambridge. Emerging victorious in two out of three would put the Quakers in pretty good shape for an Ivy title, while winning all three would clinch it.The first step is taking care of a red-hot Bears squad. With that, let’s get to this weekend’s action.NO. 25 PENN (-1.5) AT BROWNFor the second consecutive week, the YES Network, by virtue of its attempt to cover at least one game for every...
...losing streak. Cornell (14-3, 7-0) remained undefeated in the Ivies after rallying from a one game deficit and beating Harvard 3-1 on Saturday. The previous night, Columbia (5-12, 3-3) dealt the Crimson its most crushing loss of the season, winning three straight games to clinch the match after trailing two games to none.CORNELL 3, HARVARD 1Although Harvard started out strong by winning the first game of the match 30-23, the first-place Big Red proved to be too tough an opponent, steamrolling the Crimson in the last three games, 30-20, 30-22, 30-21.Overpowering...