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Then I thought about Harvard women’s hoops, which blew a potentially huge chance to close in on Ivy leader Dartmouth by losing to Brown, 78-63, on Friday night.
The league crown seemed all but a forgone conclusion throughout the early part of the season for the Crimson. Harvard stormed through the first two months of the season without losing a single game and looked as though it would breeze through the Ivy schedule.
Two of Harvard’s losses were decided by narrow one-point margins, with sophomore Brent Kakesako (133 lbs.) and freshman Dominic DeNunzio (149 lbs.) losing 6-5 and 7-6, respectively. Captain Mike Baria (141 lbs.) fell 7-2 against Scott Heckman.
Two Crimson wrestlers were also shut out, with 165-lb. senior Nathan Picarsic losing 6-0 and 184-lb. freshman Billy Colgan ousted 2-0.
“We just got a little tight at the end,” Durkin said. “We definitely had them throughout the match...[Then going into the singles] was especially hard. There’s definitely a drop in confidence, but I actually thought that I...