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This weekend at the annual Harvard Invitational at Ohiri Field, the senior sweeper led a Harvard defense that allowed only one goal in two wins, a 2-1 ovetime win over Ivy rival Penn and a 1-0 defeat of No. 9 BYU. Her play on the weekend earned her team MVP honors for the invitational...
Fresh off the victory, Harvard entered the toughest stretch of games on its schedule. The team fought to close losses against top-20 teams from Boston College and Northeastern, but struggled in a 5-1 defeat to perennial powerhouse Princeton. The Tigers went on to win their fifth consecutive Ivy title with an undefeated league record and made its third straight Final Four appearance...
...Friday, the Crimson tied the SMU Mustangs, which were ranked No. 11 last year, four-and-four, sweeping the doubles but taking only one of five singles matches. Senior co-captain Joe Green paired up with junior Andrew Styperek to defeat Gerard Mulas and Genius Chidzikwe 8-6 at No. 1 doubles. Freshman Dave Lingman, playing in his first intercollegiate match, teamed with sophomore William Lee to beat Ryan Mauck and Keith Orie 8-4, and the sweep was completed by juniors Mike Rich and Anthony Barker, who defeated Alexis Rudzinski and Lee Oporto 8-5 at No. 3 doubles...
Against Tulsa on Saturday, the top two doubles teams let the Crimson down with slow starts and even worse finishes. Sean Monk and Shri Sudhakar of the Hurricane defeated the No.1 team of Green and Styperek 8-4, and Steve Timperley paired up with Juan Bertoldi to defeat Lee and Lingman 8-4. The only bright spot was Rich and Barker's come-from-behind victory over the team of Mike Nammar and Micah Zomer...
Harvard may have lost this game, but it lost to what is probably the best team on its schedule and, more importantly, a non-conference opponent. Dartmouth faced this squad the previous weekend and suffered an overwhelming defeat...