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...Crimson was matched up against Maryland, the defending national champions, and could not keep up with the Terrapins in a 89-65 loss.This year, Harvard will have many challenges in the non-conference portion of its schedule before the Ivy League slate begins. Perhaps its toughest non-league foe will be Pittsburgh, which is currently ranked 20th in the nation. Last season, the Panthers went 24-9 and returnsall five starters from last year. In addition, the Crimson’s strenuous Ivy League schedule—with most of its second-half games coming on the road?...
...Liza Ryabkina, and Katharine Chute in their first collegiate games. On Saturday afternoon, a trio with a few more years of experience provided the scoring. Senior tri-captain Caitlin Cahow, junior Sarah Vaillancourt, and sophomore Cori Bassett each capitalized on a Crimson power play to squeak past Ivy League foe, Princeton, by a 3-2 count. “It builds character and it grows gray hair,” head coach Katey Stone said of the team’s comebacks this weekend. “You have to find a way to win these games—every...
...smooth, and firefighters have been able to stage both ground and air assaults on the fires despite heavy winds. Still, the steady, frustrating and unpredictable advance of the fire shows that even the best-laid plans are no match for the fierce force of nature. In this case, the foe was not just fire, but its ally, wind, specifically the type known in Southern California as a Santa Ana, which blows hot and hard from the desert, often in October, when the dry, arid region is at its most vulnerable for wildfires. The effect is analogous to a match striking...
Throughout the match, the Crimson fought neck-and-neck with the nationallly-ranked foe. Down 1-0 until five minutes before halftime, Harvard was able to draw even with the Eagles, as freshman starting forward Maggie McVeigh, the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week, sent a pass in from just outside the circle to junior Kayla Romanelli. The forward forced the ball past the Eagles defenders into the right corner of BC goalie Julia Berkowitz?...
...impress. When the mob attacks Joseph at his home, Bobby goes behind his father’s back and spontaneously volunteers for an undercover assignment, eventually becoming a cop himself. Bobby’s rise to arms implies that the ordinary citizen must take up arms against a common foe, but Gray never takes the trouble to grapple with what this means for innocent bystanders, like Bobby’s girlfriend Amada (Eva Mendes). The film’s troubling ending rams Gray’s vigilante viewpoint home. When Bobby, now a believer in the efficacy of police brutality...