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...would be premature to give out the Comeback Player of the Year award three months into the school year, but the Crimson’s Louis Caputo has a tremendous head start.Harvard wrestling suffered a devastating blow last spring, when the already-ailing co-captain endured a knee injury that shelved the grappler for an entire semester.Ranked eighth in the nation after an All-American sophomore campaign in 2007, Caputo looked to have a breakout season, but he instead found himself on hiatus from Harvard, preserving his final two years of eligibility by taking the semester off.Still, as the Blue...
...crease early in the second period, it was Brown that managed to break the tie, scoring after a turnover in Harvard’s defensive zone 3:39 into the frame and taking the lead, 2-1. Harvard spent the rest of the period trying to make a comeback. After killing a penalty of its own, the Crimson offense turned up the heat on the Bears, drawing a Brown holding penalty. Harvard missed its chances to convert, but the Crimson onslaught wore the Bears down, allowing Harvard to even the score during another power play, 2-2. After trading passes...
...When a three-pointer from the Blue Devils’ Gabrielle Oglesby (15 points) cut the lead to two, Markley responded with back-to-back layups and free throws from Berry, Tay, and sophomore Christina Matera made it official.LOYOLA 78, HARVARD 69A lackluster shooting effort gave away the good comeback chance the Crimson had Saturday. Down 43-31 at halftime of the first-round game, the Crimson needed some of the efficient offense it would get after the break in yesterday’s win. It came in spurts, but it took a while—Loyola?...
...pick preserved a 24-21 win in front of 7,352 mostly hostile fans that keeps Harvard atop the Ivy standings and puts a share of the Ivy title on the line for the Crimson in The Game.The pick would never have been necessary without a furious Penn comeback that made a snoozer into a thrilling contest. After the Crimson converted one of Barnes’ interceptions into a 20-yard field goal by junior kicker Patrick Long to make the score 17-0 with 6:55 remaining in the third quarter, the Quakers offense came to life. Statistically among...
...play did not. In the first frame, Columbia constructed an 18-9 lead off sloppy Harvard play in what appeared to be a blowout match. Ending a 7-0 Columbia streak, McKinley slammed down a kill to return the serve to the Crimson. From there, the squad mounted a comeback that featured an ace from freshman Christine Wu and an assortment of kills from the aggressive trio of Flesher, Comrie, and McKinley. At 24-21, the three led a 5-0 run to rob the Lions of the first stanza.“We hit our stride...