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...After back-to-back victories for both teams, they clinch dual Ivy championships...
...women’s volleyball team kicked off Ivy League play this weekend with a dominating performance at the Dartmouth Invitational in Hanover, N.H. Harvard (5-7, 1-0 Ivy) dropped just two games and clinched the tournament by defeating Dartmouth, Bryant, and St. Francis 3-1, 3-1, and 3-0. It was a much-needed win for a squad that had struggled significantly in the early going, winning just two of its first nine games. But the tough non-conference schedule seems to have prepared Harvard for the long Ivy road ahead. “The real reason...
...Michael Land of Marist (6-1, 6-2) and Robert Rotaru of Louisville (7-6 (4), 6-4), the sophomore continued his fine form into the later rounds of the tournament, culminating in a final 7-5, 6-3 win over Boston College’s Thomas Nolan to clinch the bracket. Notable Crimson victories were also recorded by senior Michael Hayes and freshmen Davis Mangham and Alistair Felton—the latter winning the fifth bracket. “Overall, I was very pleased and very encouraged by [the team’s] attitude, cohesiveness, professionalism?...
...loss.HARVARD 3, CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 1Starting off strong, the Crimson knocked out back-to-back victories in the first two sets (25-21, 25-23) against the Blue Devils. And although CCSU fought back for a 25-23 win in the third frame, Harvard remained in control to clinch a 25-23 victory in the final set to take the match.“[The win against CCSU] felt really great, especially because we lost the third game and came back and won the fourth game after giving them a run for points,” sophomore Mikaelle Comrie said...
Republican campaign pros and pollsters have for weeks been bracing for a post-clinch "bump" for Barack Obama, and something resembling one came in a new Wall Street Journal NBC poll on Friday...