Word: indoors
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...matches this season, with two players—Phil Law and Jason Lin—recording 20 wins in singles play. Complicating matters, the Crimson faces an opponent desperate to avenge a Harvard loss from earlier in the season. In February’s ECAC Men’s Indoor Tennis Championship semi-finals, the Crimson prevailed over Penn in an extraordinary 4-3 victory—the deciding point settled by a thrilling third set tiebreaker at No. 1. Despite dropping the first set, Chijoff-Evans came from behind to beat Penn’s Hicam Laalej and secure...
...wrap protective bandages around the ponies’ fore legs, attach the bridles, lay out saddle blankets, and braid the tails to make room for back swings. Nick jumps onto a golf cart with a large rake attached to the back, and the vehicle wheezes and rattles across the indoor arena in sweeping symmetrical arcs to smooth the sand, or “footing,” which is looser than most other indoor fields. Mid-way, Nick gets out of the car to swiftly scoop up a pile of thick excrement. The next team T-shirt, he thinks, should...
...Harvard team was unable to bring its own string of horses to Regionals; the men will ride horses they briefly encountered at past games against Cornell and UConn. In an indoor collegiate game, a team of three plays a group of six horses for the first two chukkers, or periods of play, and the other team plays those same six horses in the last two. Because of the idiosyncratic dynamics between horse and rider, the advantage is huge for the home team playing on its own string—the mark of the exceptional polo player is the ability...
...were just going out with a couple of teammates and trying to run for time,” he said. “It was a different atmosphere than the indoor season, more relaxed...
...biggest differences [between indoor and outdoor track] is the elements,” Saretsky said. “The second biggest factor is the fact that we’re on the road, without the comforts of being at home. It’s a different mindset, but the team responded well...