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...Harvard Women’s squash team (4-0, 3-0 Ivy) continued its early-season dominance over Ivy League opponents, defeating No. 7 Cornell 8-1 Saturday afternoon in Ithaca, N.Y. The victory marks the seventh consecutive year that the Crimson has opened the season 4-0. While last season’s squad was recovering from the loss of two of its top players, this year Harvard lost no seniors to graduation and has maintained a strong core from last season. “I feel really comfortable in our team. A huge base from last year...
...Jantzen’s run to victory put the wrestling world on notice. Returning from a nagging leg injury, the sophomore proved that he is as strong as ever, dispatching 11th seed Tyler Nauman of Pittsburg 10-5 in the championship.Jantzen earned four victories overall, including back-to-back defeats of the top and fourth seeds. With a stellar 4-3 decision over No. 1 Jeff Jaggers of Ohio State, Jantzen became the second Crimson grappler to defeat a national champion this season, following O’Connor’s upset of then-No. 1 Jordan Leen in November...
...weekend with the University of North Dakota (7-8-1, 4-5-1 WCHA) at the Bright Hockey Center.Harvard came out fighting. Seeking revenge against the Fighting Sioux, who bullied the Crimson to a 10-1 loss the previous night and handed the team its first home defeat of the season, Harvard pressured early and took control of the game by firing the first few shots on goal. “I think everyone was disappointed with [Friday] night’s result,” co-captain Brian McCafferty said. “We had a meeting [Friday] night...
...interviews' own visual style: alternating medium shots of Frost with blistering close-ups of Nixon. Thus, what was a pageant on the stage becomes an intimate, magnified TV show, the camera alert to every nuance of Frost's insecurity rising to bravado, Nixon's pugnacity gradually sagging into defeat. This very fine movie doesn't make history, but it captures history as few others have. (See the Top 10 unfortunate political one-liners...
...team last fall, both the men and women made good and sure the second edition of the competition brought no doubts as to who is the best squad in Beantown. The women repeated and the men won the tournament for the first time yesterday evening in Chestnut Hill, Mass., defeating MIT, Boston College, and Brandeis.The women started fast and finished strong, never winning by fewer than 13 bouts, besting MIT 22-5, BC 21-6, and Brandeis 20-7.The Crimson was led by solid performances from its foil fencers. The deepest weapon on the squad, the foil boasts an Olympic medalist...