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...twin captains began in the fall, when Anderson and O’Riain captured the doubles title at the Cissie Leary Memorial Tournament. After falling to the nation’s No. 1 doubles team at the Riviera ITA All-American Championships, the pair won the Wilson/ITA Eastern Regional Championships, their second title of the fall. “We’ve never really done this well in regionals, especially in doubles,” Anderson said after the win. The win at the Eastern Regionals earned Anderson and O’Riain a berth in the prestigious...
...haven’t been as dominant as we were last year so early on in the season. The season is definitely progressing slightly differently than it did last year.” The troubles—and broken streaks—continued several weeks later at Eastern Sprints, where the varsity eight failed to capture first place for the first time in three years. Fortunately for the Crimson, the second varsity crew picked up the slack, coming from behind to secure the Rowe Cup. Following the Rowe Cup win, the crew appeared to be back on the right path...
...right time.2006 was no exception, as the Harvard men’s lightweight crew coach watched his top two boats medal at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships (IRAs) on the Cooper River in Camden, N.J.Despite coming in as a significant underdog, the varsity eight was just edged by Eastern Sprints champion Cornell in the Grand Final, falling 0.076 seconds short of taking home the gold medal.Meanwhile, the varsity straight four outraced a field packed with heavyweight boats to capture the national title.“It’s fantastic,” said senior varsity eight four-seat...
...we’d hoped,” she added. After losing by nearly 10 seconds to Radcliffe at the Knecht, Wisconsin would have its revenge on the Black and White later in the season, as the Badgers’ varsity eight beat it out to win the Eastern Sprints title as well as the IRA Championship. Wisconsin topped the Radcliffe eight by six seconds at the Sprints and more than seven seconds at the IRAs. Once again, the midwesterners gained speed as the season went on, ending the year as the boat to beat in the national championship...
...down beginning of the season, the Harvard women’s water polo team turned it on down the stretch. Shaking off three early losses to rival Brown, the Crimson beat the Bears, 6-5, on April 23 at the Northern Championships, clinching a berth at the year-end Eastern Championships. At Easterns, Harvard battled against higher-ranked seeds Indiana and Maryland before losing in the fourth quarter, 7-6 and 4-3, respectively, to finish No. 8 among the eight schools in the tournament. “Those were the toughest eight teams I have ever seen...