Word: clinch
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...conference favorite who Harvard beat—California—won its conference. The Golden Bears can clinch an NCAA bid with a victory over Lafayette in a play-in game today...
...Crimson could clinch the Ivy title next weekend if it beats both Princeton (13-5, 6-3) and Penn (17-4, 8-1). The Quakers are the only Ivy team to beat Harvard this year...
Besides three straight shutout losses to Dartmouth, Harvard has had plenty else go wrong in the past three years as well. For the third season in a row, Harvard can finish with no better than four Ivy wins. Dartmouth, meanwhile, can clinch a share of the Ivy title for the third straight year with a victory over Penn. Princeton, whose only Ivy loss was to Harvard, is already an Ivy champion for the third straight year. Harvard last won the Ivy title with an undefeated Ivy season in 1999, the senior class’ freshman year...
...Princeton loss or tie combined with Crimson victories over Dartmouth (10-3-1, 4-1) and Columbia (5-7-2, 0-2-1) would clinch Harvard a share of the Ivy title and an automatic birth for the NCAAs...
Harvard held off a third quarter Hopkins rally to clinch a 12-7 victory...