Word: matchup
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...other, there was senior Dominic Randolph, the Crusaders’ 6’3, 233-pound juggernaut of a quarterback, the two-time defending Patriot League Player of the Year with a cannon for an arm and implausible mobility for a man of his size.It was a lopsided matchup, one that Harvard couldn’t win, so the Crimson tried to prevent it from being the focal point of the game. For most of the game, Winters was confined to screen plays and short passes while Harvard tried to establish its running attack. The Crimson also attempted to keep...
...We’ve gone into every single game with the mindset that we’re going to win...New Hampshire has always been a good matchup for us,” Ono Horn said...
...sports, for the general student body. We’re also going to be down in D.C. against Georgetown. Those are games that make sense to us, even though they might cost a little more in terms of travel.”So it appears that a matchup with the cross-town Eagles remains just a pipe dream, and a cross-country battle against the Toreros will have to suffice. But when the Ivy League was established in 1954, the Ancient Eight presidents set clear standards regarding the nature of athletics in their schools. For now, at least, it seems...
...Crimson defied the odds, eking out a 1-0 victory over the visiting No. 14 Terriers of Boston University. The match raised Harvard’s record to 3-0, while delivering the Terriers their first loss of the season and dropping them to 2-1-1. But the matchup of cross-town rivals marked more than just an upset win. Harvard’s triumph over the Terriers also served as a measure of retribution against a team that had beaten the Crimson 5-1 in their last meeting. The 2009 edition of the two teams’ showdown...
...Harvard.NO. 13 PACIFIC 17, HARVARD 4The 13th-ranked Tigers proved too much for the Crimson in the Cambridge squad’s first contest of the year. Juniors Jeff Lee and Alex Thompson along with sophomore Luka Babic each scored their first goals of the weekend in the opening matchup, but Harvard consistently found itself in a hole against a talented Pacific team.“Pacific is a great team,” Atkinson explained, “And it was good to go out and get better against a team like that.”Sophomore goalie Alex...