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...shined with 111 saves before succumbing to a late-season injury, the defense in front of him struggled to play a full 60 minutes. In a heated contest against Princeton, the defense squandered a late four-goal lead by giving up six scores over the last 19 minutes. The defeat was one of four single-goal losses over the course of the season. Luckily for the Crimson, youth become veterans, and next year’s squad will feature a number of them, as the team is losing no starters to graduation. “Our age was definitely...
...overtake its opponent and hold off a late Princeton charge to the finish line. All of the Crimson boats claimed open water victories against Navy and Penn in the race for the Adams Cup, and Harvard took four of five races against Northeastern the following Saturday. Its only defeat was the freshman four’s loss to the Huskies’ varsity four.After the heavyweight crews’ success this season, Harvard’s results at Sprints were anything but expected. In a tight preliminary heat, the Crimson finished a close third behind Princeton and Yale, effectively missing...
...remainder of the season. The forward led the team with 6.3 rebounds per game and was second with 10.8 points per game, production that was sorely missed in the later games of the Ivy season and made the road to the Anicent Eight crown significantly harder. The defeat at Dartmouth marked the first of a seven-game Ivy losing streak that would strip Harvard of its chances to nab the top spot. Perhaps the most disappointing defeat of the season came in the sixth game of the streak, as the Crimson wasted a strong first-half performance against eventual...
...whom Harvard would later beat again in the decisive game of a three-game series in the first round of the ECAC tournament. Though Harvard’s players may have saved the season on the ice, Donato’s daily influence helped the Crimson turn frustration at defeat after defeat into focus and determination. For Donato’s fifth season, this year’s glimpses suggest that more milestones lie ahead for a coach whose team has proven it can fight through adversity. —Staff writer Robert T. Hamlin can be reached at rhamlin@fas.harvard.edu...
...After the squad’s undefeated streak in its Ivy matchups, the Crimson hoped to be in contention to win the league title. But Harvard failed to maintain its momentum and fell in its last two league games. Princeton gave the Crimson its first conference defeat, sweeping the squad, 9-0, and knocking Harvard out of the running for the title. The Crimson met Yale three days later to battle it out for the second-place spot in the Ancient Eight and the third seed in the CSA National Team Championships. But Harvard couldn’t handle...