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...remain undefeated against a team that is coming off of its first victory of the season.Last Saturday, Cornell upset then-No. 23 Albany by a score of 23-21. The last time the Big Red beat a ranked team was in last season’s 27-13 defeat of the Crimson in Ithaca, NY.Cornell Head Coach Jim Knowles believes that this momentum will help the Big Red against unbeaten Harvard.“It’s about the same time last year that we started to play well,” Knowles said. “It?...
...because of its size and strategic location, the most pressing challenge to democracy in Latin America is Manuel López Obrador, the Mexican presidential candidate who refuses to acknowledge his defeat in July’s election. The winner of the election, the current president, and even the founder of his own party have all called on Obrador to concede, as have many foreign nations. Although his opponent won by less than 1 percent, Mexico’s electoral court declared the process valid and European election monitors testify that, for once, there was no fraud...
While consecutive hard-fought losses to No. 12 Providence College and No. 5 Duke University were justifiable, last night’s defeat on Jordan Field at the hands of cross-town rival Northeastern (6-6) substantially added to the frustration of the now 0-10 Harvard women’s field hockey team. “I think it was a great cross-town game, a great regional game, a great battle,” said Harvard head coach Sue Caples. “But it gets hard to play always battling back.” After...
...received praise from Harvard head coach Tim Murphy on numerous occasions this season, including after the first game against Holy Cross.“What really impresses you is just [Luft’s] poise,” Murphy said following the Crimson’s 31-14 defeat of the Crusaders. “He’s a good player; we knew when we recruited him that we got a good player, we just didn’t know how long it would take him to make the transition. He’s going to help...
...really served them aggressively,” Cebron said. “It kept them out of system.”HARVARD 3, ROBERT MORRIS 2Just more than 12 hours removed from its marathon victory against Dartmouth, the Crimson won another thrilling come-from-behind contest, defeating Robert Morris, 3-2 (17-30, 28-30, 30-20, 34-32, 15-13), on Saturday morning.Harvard came out slow to start the match as the Colonials mustered a 30-17 win in game one. The Crimson recovered in the second frame, but Robert Morris managed to eke out a 30-28 victory...