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HARTFORD, Conn.—Entering yesterday’s first-round NCAA Tournament matchup with the defending national champion Maryland Terrapins, coach Kathy Delaney-Smith knew her team would have its hands full. On one hand, it seemed as though Crystal Langhorne, the Terrapins’ leading scorer and rebounder, would be the player to stop. Listed at 6’2, but with a much wider body than anyone Harvard could assign to guard her, Langhorne posed the toughest physical challenge for the young Crimson squad.Then there was sophomore guard Kristi Toliver, who as the nation?...
...seed in the Dayton Regional of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament last night. Harvard will play defending national champion Maryland, who was named the No. 2 team in arguably the strongest of the four divisions of the 64-team tournament. The first-round game between the Crimson and the Terrapins will take place Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Conn. The team’s placement as a No. 15 seed was a surprise to everyone at Donoghue’s Sports Bar and Restaurant in Watertown, where Harvard players...
...headlines.But college basketball? It’s about as popular as a British national team jersey at a local soccer game. If you see it on TV, something must be wrong – or something will be very soon.So when Harvard hits the court for its first-round NCAA matchup next weekend, the local sports channel will likely be showing highlights from the previous day’s soccer games. I’ll be forced to refresh ESPN Game Tracker every 30 seconds, all the while sending e-mails to the other beat writers for updates. It?...
Three members of the women’s basketball team garnered Ivy nods, as sophomore guard Emily Tay was named to the first team and junior guard Lindsay Hallion to the second team. Sophomore guard Niki Finelli received an Honorable Mention award. Tay, Hallion and Finelli ended the season as the team’s three leading scorers. The league champion Crimson will play its first-round NCAA Tournament game March...
...gained momentum as it plowed through Ancient Eight competition—the team has now won eleven straight.The Crimson closes out its regular season tomorrow night at Lavietes Pavilion versus Dartmouth. The team will then await the unveiling of the NCAA brackets, which contain the squad’s first-round location and opponent, on March 12. Harvard’s tournament opener, its first March Madness appearance since 2003, will take place on either March 17 or 18.HARVARD 72, COLUMBIA 65The Crimson captured its 11th win in a row by defeating Columbia, 72-65, on Saturday?...