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...Stanford. After losing the opening set, 9-1, Tiong quickly took control, winning the next three games, 9-1, 9-0, 9-0, to claim the victory. Neo returned to the squad at the No. 8 position after sitting out against Brown and opened her 2007 campaign with a hard-fought five-set victory, 9-7, 6-9, 3-9, 9-5, 9-2. HARVARD 7, BROWN 2 The Crimson, led by Tiong and Mashruwala at the top two positions, defeated Brown, 7-2, to open the season with a convincing victory. The Crimson’s six freshmen...
...that the Crimson saw during the meet was Big Red junior Wes Newman, who won three races during the meet: 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, and the 100-yard butterfly. Victory was especially sweet for Harvard this year, as the Crimson lost, 167-131, in a close and hard-fought meet against the Big Red last year. Next Saturday, Harvard will travel down to New York for another ECAC meet at Columbia. Judging from the last trip to New York—when the Crimson suffered a close loss, 160.5-139.5—the Lions will surely...
...freestyle in 54.22. Part of the team’s success came from the fact that they have been putting in many hours at the pool. “We have been training really hard,” Pangilinan said. “We brought our workout equipment to the meet. We practiced before.” Even though the team sustained a hard-fought win, there are some aspects that can still be improved upon. One is the squad’s cohesiveness, which is not yet fully formed. “We just have to work on coming...
...victory over Penn’s star Jason Pinsky, lost to Penn State’s 35th ranked Michael James, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 1. Clayton, playing at No. 2, lost to the Nittany Lions’ hard-serving lefty Adam Slagter in what has come to be a Clayton trademark match—hard-fought and very long. This time, though, the three-set match—7-6(6), 4-6, 6-3—was just one of five Clayton-esque matches that the Crimson played. “It’s just...
...Obviously, I’m very proud of our kids,” Murphy said. “It was a typical Harvard-Brown football game: very hard-fought, a lot of swings in momentum, and we did just enough to finish the game...