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With an 11-day break between matches, the Harvard women’s tennis team thought it would be rested and well for Friday’s contest against the No. 75 Boston College Eagles (6-1). The Crimson (0-6), however, caught a bug during the layoff and had to make last minute personnel changes. The Eagles took advantage of the makeshift lineup as they earned a 5-2 victory at the Murr Center. “Pretty much everyone playing today had some sort of an illness,” junior Laura Peterzan said...
...first place in February, the Ancient Eight title is theirs to lose. The 2007 Ivy champs dropped a road contest to Yale in late January before running the table in its remaining league slate a year ago. Lack of focus or rustiness after the three-week exam layoff, you might say, or maybe just underestimation of a Bulldogs team unexpected to contend in the league that season. At the time, it could have seemed as though Harvard’s two-win pre-Ivy record was rearing its ugly head—maybe this young Crimson team was simply another...
After a seven-week layoff over winter break and exams, the Harvard men’s and women’s track teams stormed back into action with strong performances at the Harvard Select Meet. The women placed third and the men finished fourth at the event, held in memory of assistant coach Paul Turner, who passed away over the summer. The teams competed with “PT” printed on their jerseys, and there was a short slideshow about Turner. “He’s always wanted to make this meet an invitational...
...player A-singles main draw. Clayton won the A singles draw, outlasting his leg-weary teammate and roommate Ermakov 6-3, 6-3.“This was a very promising start for us,” coach Dave Fish ’72 said. Despite the long layoff, he added that “we felt the guys were hitting the ball well.”Clayton—whose strength at the No. 1 position of the Crimson’s lineup will be crucial if Harvard is to fulfill its high hopes for the season?...
...first half, that we were letting them take control,” said Rollins. “We didn’t get too down on ourselves. It was all confidence. It was a mental game from there.” The team has a three-week layoff before traveling to Dartmouth on Jan. 26 to try to avenge Saturday’s loss. “We’re not going to let them take the championship away from us so easily,” Rollins said. —Staff writer Jay M. Cohen can be reached...