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...opening round of the NCAA Tournament pitted Harvard against cross-town rival Northeastern. The Crimson held a 2-1 lead in the second half, but the Huskies went on to win the game in penalty kicks...
...league play came to a close, Harvard found itself tied with Columbia and Princeton with a conference record of 4-1-1. A dramatic double-overtime win over the Lions gave Harvard its eighth league title. Both defenses held strong until, with nine seconds left in the second extra period, All-Ivy First-Team defender Lizzy Nichols snapped the 1-1 tie, nailing a penalty kick in front of a raucous home crowd...
...wins generated by the Tigers’ superstars made a dual meet victory difficult for Harvard to attain, but the Crimson was able to get even at the championship meet, where the scoring format tends to favor depth. At Ivies, Harvard beat runner-up Princeton—which had held the title for the last three years—by a final score of 1583.5-1334. Mills and Clarke, who together had a hand in setting eight school records, represented the Crimson at NCAAs, with Mills recording Harvard’s top finish by placing 23rd in the nation...
...matchup against New Hampshire was the only five-game match that the Crimson won all year. Harvard struggled to finish strong in contests that extended beyond four games, losing five such matches throughout the season. Shorter matches went both ways—the Crimson posted six shutouts and was held winless in seven confrontations...
Though it wasn’t always pretty, the No. 6 Radcliffe women’s heavyweight crew team is back where it ended last season—at the NCAA Championships. The 2009 season held its share of losses to perennial rivals, but the Black and White saved some of its most competitive racing for May and managed to earn a bid to Camden, New Jersey.In addition to the victories on the race course, four rowers—sophomore Olivia Coffey, incoming co-captain Laura Huppert, senior Esther Lofgren and captain Anna Kendrick—were named...