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With a three-goal cushion in place, the Crimson turned to its defense to close out the contest. Boe stifled a potent Big Green attack, making tough save after tough save throughout the second and third periods to protect her team’s lead and seal the title for Harvard...
Strong individual performances earlier on Saturday evening gave Harvard a comfortable cushion going into the meet’s final event. Cromwell ended an outstanding weekend with a first-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke, and Rathgeber followed in third...
This flurry came on the heels of a breezy opening period for Boe—who finished with 20 saves—in which Harvard outshot a lethargic Dartmouth squad 20-3 and built a sizable cushion...
Despite the comfortable cushion Penn has built for itself in the Ivy League race, seemingly every week a new challenger with an outside shot at the title heroically rises from mediocrity only to return to it in a gigantic ball of flames just a few days to a week later. The most recent victim, Yale, won its fourth-straight home game Saturday night over Penn to move to 5-3—just two games back in the loss column of the Quakers. For the first time all season, Penn looked confused and beaten. The race was back...
Given a 3-0 cushion, Grumet-Morris and the Harvard defense would take care of the rest...