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...Northern Iowa, 2-1, in a match that went to overtime. In the semifinal match Friday against fourth seed Matt Fields of Iowa, Ogunwole could not pull off a second consecutive close victory and fell by a 2-1 score. After notching a 2-1 sudden victory against eighth seed Joe Sapp of Northern Illinois, Ogunwole fell in the third-place bout to sixth seed Payam Zarrinpour of Sacred Heart, 1-0, in yet another match decided by just one point. Freshman Andrew Flanagan (157 lbs.) won his first two matches Thursday, which included a 3-1 decision against Sherwood...
...Crimson won its eighth game Tuesday night, tying the most non-conference wins of any team in the Sullivan era. The best non-conference winning percentage of any Sullivan squad is 66.7 percent, meaning that Harvard would need to win one of its last two non-league games to break that record...The Crimson went 8-for-8 from the line over the final 47 seconds to seal the victory...Harvard improved to 8-0 in games it has led at the half, while it remains 0-3 in games in which it has trailed...
...Husky offense averaged 30 points and 399 yards per game, is the first African-American head football coach in Ivy League history. Shoop was fired Nov. 20, a day after Columbia lost 52-21 to Ivy champion Brown in its season finale. It was the Lions’ eighth straight loss of the season after beginning the year 2-0. In three seasons with Columbia, Shoop posted a record of 7-23. In the press conference, Murphy said that the Columbia athletic department has been formulating “short-, mid- and long-term initiatives” to improve...
...Jones' fall had been coming for a while. His supporters pointed to his feat of guiding the Wallabies to the final of the last World Cup, but the side was impressive just once in that campaign. The Wallabies' loss to Wales on Nov. 26 was their eighth defeat in nine Tests. Each time, they retreated to camp amid a buzz about grueling sessions and tactical fine-tuning, only to play just as badly the next time. Many observers have railed about favoritism shown to the ageing captain. But the team's problems go beyond George Gregan. Success in rugby...
...lost a 4-1 decision to Chris Vondruska. The score grew more lopsided when freshman Wesley Walker (174 lbs.), sophomores Joseph Bechtold (184 lbs.), and sophomore Jonathan Butler (197 lbs.) all dropped their matches. Harvard, however, salvaged a win in its last bout when Ogunwole—ranked eighth in the nation among the heavyweights—pinned Jon Andriac in 3:44 and improved to 7-3 for the season. “Although we didn’t get the results, everyone wrestled hard,” tri-captain Ogunwole said. “I think we?...