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...opposing defense. Fewer than half as many first downs, too.By any statistical measure, the Crimson defense played well enough to win in Saturday’s 20-13 loss to the Mountain Hawks, keeping the high-flying Lehigh offense out of the endzone all afternoon and only allowing two field goals. There was just one problem—the offense and the special teams each surrendered a touchdown.“It’s very surprising, that you win a football game and you don’t score an offensive touchdown, don’t convert a third...
...final tuneup before the start of the Ivy League season, No. 11 Harvard (7-1-1) defeated Fairfield (5-2-1), 5-0, on Saturday at Ohiri Field. “It was a great performance,” junior Michael Fucito said. “Overall, the team did great. [Fairfield] only let in three goals throughout the season [before this game], and we just scored five on them, so that’s a pretty good day.” The Crimson dominated the entirety of the game, putting constant pressure on the Stags’ defense...
...country teams ran against hard competition in the annual Brooks Paul Short Run on Friday in Bethlehem, Pa. The men’s team finished 12th out of 41 teams, while the women placed 10th out of 47. In the men’s eight-kilometer race, the large field and 270 participating athletes forced the Crimson runners to push their limits. Coach Jason Saretsky stated that many of his athletes reported their best times ever in college. “I was pleased,” Saretsky said. “It was a good step...
Trailing 13-3, Harvard’s defense had finally registered a stop of the Lehigh offense after allowing a pair of field goals. Backed up on their own 20, the Mountain Hawks looked to be giving the Crimson solid field position for a drive to get back in the game. Instead, junior kicker/punter Jason Leo boomed a 66-yard punt that benefited from a generous roll and pinned Harvard inside its own 20 at the 14-yard line...
...Coming in, we knew it was going to be a field-position battle,” Leo said. “[The coaches] were preaching it all week and saying special teams was going to play a huge part. We really buckled down on special teams this week and made sure everything was where it needed...