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...Colgate (7-7-1, 2-3-1) after an aggressive three periods. The game was marked by the Raiders’ persistence and physically aggressive play on both sides of the puck. Despite a 4-1 lead early in the second period, the Crimson could not hold back a hard-fought Colgate comeback to tie up the game. Harvard mounted an aggressive offensive attack, but could not get the job done on defense. “I think our passion and desire to win were there, but I think we are just still trying to figure out how to finish...
...down the stretch.“We should be able to handle the physical side of going to overtime over and over again,” junior defender Lizzy Nichols said. “I think it’s a sign of mental toughness to go through the hard-fought battle and get through,” she added.HIGH IMPACTIf Harvard wasn’t making excuses for its performance by citing fatigue or game conditions, it certainly wasn’t going to blame injuries. But losses sustained both before and during the game might have hurt...
...Harvard women’s volleyball team, the last weekend of the fall proved to be exemplary of the entire season.The Crimson’s final weekend of the 2008 campaign saw a resounding victory in one night juxtaposed with a characteristically hard-fought loss the next day. Harvard (10-16, 5-9 Ivy) crushed Columbia (6-18, 0-14) on Friday in a 3-0 shutout that featured double-digit kills from three different players. Continuing its New York road trip the next day, the Crimson again thrived off of a number of offensive performances, but ultimately fell...
...Columbia and Yale. “We are excited to get ready for next year,” Ohanian said. “We are going to miss our seniors. It’s a good note to end on, even though it was a loss. It was a hard-fought game and a good way to start the offseason...
Then came the highlight of Ko’s tournament, a hard-fought match against Boise State qualifier Pichitta Thongdach. The Crimson player emerged victorious in the end by a score of 6-1, 7-6 (5). Thongdach had in the first round defeated a good friend of Ko’s, Monica Dancevic of Georgia, so Ko knew what was coming and took advantage of it to jump out to an early lead...