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...Things began to look up for Harvard when Booth defeated Yu, 9-5, in the fourth game and quickly built a 7-0 lead in the fifth game. A visibly ill Booth, however, began to make a number of unforced errors, and watched Yu take nine straight points to clinch the game and the match, 9-7. That gave Princeton a 5-1 lead to secure its victory over the Crimson.Garnett “gave everything he had,” said junior Ilan Oren, who won his match by a 3-0 score...
...face off against fellow league undefeated Yale, the No. 1 team in the nation and the defending Ivy and national champion, in New Haven on Feb. 22. It will be a rematch of the 2005 finale, when the Bulldogs eked out a 5-4 win on Harvard courts to clinch the league crown. But the weekend’s victories—a 6-3 win over the Quakers on Saturday and a strong 7-2 showing against the Tigers yesterday—have the Crimson clicking at exactly the right time to reclaim the title. “These...
...convincing fashion, losing only two games on the afternoon to opposing players. Both games were lost in the only contested match out of the nine played. Sophomore Chessin Gertler, who played in the fourth position, rallied from being down two games to none to clinch his match in five games, keeping intact Harvard’s untarnished record of 18-0 against its first two opponents. “[Gertler] came back in five, winning 9-7 in the fifth,” said freshman Niko Hardy, who played in the seventh position and won his match...
...after 60 minutes of regulation. But just 1:48 into the overtime period, junior Kevin Du found linemate Ryan Maki open in front of the goal. Maki fired the puck past the left arm of the Yale goalkeeper Alec Richards and into the back of the net to clinch a 4-3 Crimson victory. Harvard was heavily favored coming into the game, but Yale kept it close by capitalizing on its offensive chances. After the Bulldogs tied the game at three on a two-on-one breakaway with 8:03 remaining in the third period, the Crimson looked tired...
...Harvard (1-1, 0-0 Ivy) turned its ship aright on Saturday, using a dominant second half performance to clinch a victory in the consolation game over Alabama State. The Crimson held the Hornets to 35 percent shooting from the field and sank eight three-pointers en route to a crucial...