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...team looking to find its stride after a difficult opening weekend, the ideal schedule would be a slate of easy contests to build up confidence. Unfortunately for Harvard men’s water polo, the squad doesn’t have that luxury.The Crimson (0-3) will travel to Denunzio Pool in Princeton, N.J. this weekend hoping to establish itself at the Princeton Invitational after three straight losses to open the season.But Harvard will have a tremendously talented field—including five teams in the Collegiate Water Polo Association preseason top 20—standing...
...saying goes, every dog has its day.Yesterday belonged to the University of Connecticut Huskies at the Malkin Athletic Center, but by a slim margin.Following numerous lead changes, the Harvard women’s volleyball team (2-2) dropped its contest against UConn (3-5), 3-2.The day was not decided until the fifth set, which saw the Crimson jump out to an early lead. Husky blocking and a Harvard net violation put UConn on top, 5-3. Suffering from several service errors, the Huskies then stumbled into an 8-7 deficit. Sophomore Anne Carroll Ingersoll took advantage of the Husky lull...
...water polo hit the pool looking to make a splash. Instead, the squad sputtered in its first action of the season at the MIT Invitational this past weekend.Ten different players found the back of the net for the Crimson (0-3), but Harvard dropped all of its contests, falling to No. 13 Pacific, 17-4, Claremont 10-9, and Redlands, 15-7, at the Al and Barrie Zesiger Sports and Fitness center.“[This weekend] there have been a lot of good steps,” Harvard coach Eric Farrar said. “We showed that we?...
...Harvard advantage.The Wildcats’ search for the tying goal would not lead to any scoring threats, and Mann’s only save of the game came on a 30-yarder late in the 83rd minute.The Crimson doubled up its opponents in shots, 26-13, for the contest. The mismatch was particularly notable on corner kicks, as Harvard had seven to New Hampshire’s one.The Crimson still has a long way to go, however.“We haven’t really established ourself yet and the style of play that’s going...
...telethons in general, with airtime set aside for appeals for all kinds of products. A two-day telethon in 1975 raised $52,000 to help California's Fresno County Sheriff Guy Langley pay legal expenses after he was charged with laundering campaign funds. (He later pleaded no contest and resigned his position.) Australia held a telethon to fund its 1984 Olympic team. In Argentina, a fundraising program was broadcast to finance the country's two-month war in 1982 with England over the Falkland Islands. (The islands are now a self-governing British territory, although Argentina still claims sovereignty...