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...Reserve guard Drew Shiller led Stanford with 18 points. Anthony Goods, despite battling a stomach illness throughout the game, was one of four other Cardinal players in double figures, scoring 17 in 16 minutes, including five-of-six shooting from three-point range. Brook Lopez, a projected first-round NBA draft pick, was out of action due to academic ineligibility. His twin brother Robin started at center in his absence. Junior forward Evan Harris led Harvard with 14 points and six rebounds, and junior Drew Housman chipped in 10. The Crimson was dramatically out-rebounded, 50-19, had assists...
...that the Crimson found proved to be impossible to stop. Harvard went 13-1 in Ivy League play, only sustaining one loss to Yale. Harvard’s solid play in the Ancient Eight earned it the No. 15 spot in the Dayton bracket of the NCAA tournament. In first-round play, the Crimson was matched up against Maryland, the defending champions. Harvard fought hard, but in the end it couldn’t keep up with the Terrapins and lost 89-65. This season, the Crimson wants to surpass wants to go above and beyond last year?...
...that included a marathon first-set tiebreaker in which he saved a number of set points. He won his next round, 6-3, 0-1, after his opponent retired due to injury, but was eliminated in the quarters, 6-2, 6-4.Ermakov won his first-round match in two draining sets, 7-6 (4), 7-6(5), before falling to hometown favorite and sixth seed Sam Chang in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.Clayton, seeded fourth, won his opening match in what he called a “dogfight,” 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3. True...
...Harvard men’s water polo team played the first of its two postseason tournaments this weekend at the Northern Championships hosted by MIT.The Crimson finished the tournament in the same position as it entered, winning the third-place game against Iona to secure a spot as the No. 6 seed for Eastern Championships.Entering Northerns as the No. 3 seed, Harvard played its first-round game against Fordham, a team it defeated earlier in the year, 10-5.The Crimson set the tone for the match early, cruising to a commanding first-half lead.Although a berth at Easterns was assured...
...high demand if the Crimson looks to advance past the semifinals. Last year, Harvard lost to 9-4 to Brown in the semifinals of the Northern Championships. The team has a chance to redeem itself this weekend, as both teams may potentially face-off if each team wins their first-round matches. The rivalry between the two teams has been intense over the past few years, as three of their last four games have been decided by one goal—including last week’s heartbreaking, triple overtime loss. “It’s a great...