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...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...
...Giovanditto says that if Harvard wants to clinch a deal, it would be logical to offer the land near the library...
...think that this year they are better than last year.” But even though Johnson, Craig, and the Harvard defense played well, they were not able to hold off the strong offensive leaders of the Bears, who came in and scored another two goals to clinch the win. “You just get frustrated when that happens,” Kerr said. “When they had a soft goal and then when another one goes in you know it’s almost lights out.” At 73:58 in the game Brown...
...Harvard jumped out to an early lead of 14-4 in the third frame. But the Tigers battled back to a 19-19 tie, setting the stage for a tense finish. Ties at 26, 28, 29 and 30 points kept it close before two straight Princeton points clinched the match. Sophomore outside hitter Laura Mahon led the Crimson with 18 kills on .350 hitting while notching 10 digs on defense. PENN 3, HARVARD 1 After winning the second game to tie the match, Harvard fell by just two points in the third game before the Quakers put the match away...
...take its first lead of the game at 15-14. After the Big Green got a sideout on the ensuing Crimson serve, however, Dartmouth took advantage of several Harvard errors—including three net violations—to run away with the lead and clinch the match with a 30-23 victory. "Some of the mistakes that we made are mistakes that we can control," Weiss said. "We have to control the simple things, and that shows in the box score." —Staff writer Karan Lodha can be reached at klodha@fas.harvard.edu...