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...With both teams in the lower reaches of the Ivy League table, a closely-fought contest was anticipated yesterday. To the Crimson’s dismay, it was the Bears who clawed their way to victory, prevailing in a gritty...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bulldogs, Bears Serve Crimson Pair of Late-Season Losses | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

Sanford Kreisberg is the founder of hbsguru.com, a business school admissions consultancy. He has advised scores of Harvard graduates about applying to HBS over the past 10 years, and he reports “Admission to HBS is half beauty contest and half science, and as we know, science can be in the eye of the beholder...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Shrewd Undergraduate's Guide to HBS Admissions | 4/20/2008 | See Source »

...good teams in the league.” For the Crimson to earn a spot in the Ancient Eight title game, the Bulldogs must take at least three from the Big Green this weekend and the Bears must sweep Yale next week. Harvard must also win its eight remaining contests. “We go into every weekend and every game thinking we should win every time,” senior Shawn Haviland said. “Our backs are against the wall. Anything other than four wins [against Brown] would be disappointing.”Considering the squad...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Hitters Ready For Brown | 4/18/2008 | See Source »

...game was that their goalie just had a great game and we just had trouble shooting around him. Other than that we outplayed them. At the end of the day it came down to one or two plays.”Freshman midfielder Christian Oberbeck won 7-of-9 contests at the X and scooped up a team-leading six ground balls. Junior midfielder Nick Smith took 7-of-10.“Our faceoffs today were great, Nick Smith did great and Christian Oberbeck came in providing a great help for Nick when he’s gassed...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gibbons Scores Four in Defeat | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard looked to reverse the effects of the last few weeks, but fell short of clinching the win. Within the first five minutes of the game, the Crimson set the pace and achieved multiple scoring opportunities, including shots on goal from junior Kaitlin Martin and senior Natalie Curtis. The contest progressed into a back and forth battle, but Dartmouth ended the stalemate 13 minutes into the game, taking the lead, 1-0. But just two minutes later, freshman Jess Halpern knocked one in using a ricochet off the ground, after receiving a pass from Martin. “I think...

Author: By Michael J. Buckley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Drops Fifth Straight to Big Green | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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