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...Harvard baseball’s last game were meant to be a comprehensive review of the team’s season, yesterday’s matchup against Northeastern at O’Donnell Field featured the best and worst that the Crimson’s 2009 campaign had to offer.There were the all too familiar pitching and defensive breakdowns that prevented Harvard from positioning itself among the Ivy League’s elite and contending for the Rolfe Division title this season.But there were also the offensive outbursts and late-inning rallies that pulled the Crimson out of the Rolfe...
...freshman ace Conner Hulse—had handed him a gem, striking out six over 8 1/3 innings against the Rolfe Division champion Big Green.But with one out in the ninth inning of the last league game of the season for the Crimson, Walsh wanted the lefty-lefty matchup against Santomauro, bringing in rookie Will Keuper to face the junior slugger.For a brief second, it looked like the wrong move. Santomauro connected—and hard—on the second pitch of the at-bat, and the ball sailed to deep right center.But with a little help from...
Although you can’t always win them all, there’s nothing sweeter than a sweep. While the Harvard men’s lightweight crew dropped its first race of the season Saturday in a matchup of the top three crews in the country, the Harvard heavyweights took on Navy and Penn and won all five races of the regatta—the first time it has done so all season...
...races. Last year, Princeton took the Goldthwait Cup by winning the varsity eight, but Yale took the other four races to claim the Vogel Cup. The Crimson finished third in four of the five races and finished second in the freshman eight. The Harvard heavyweights, meanwhile, have an intriguing matchup of their own in Annapolis, Md., where they will face Navy and Penn for the Adams Cup. The No. 4 Crimson is looking for its tenth consecutive Adams Cup win, but is also seeking a measure of revenge. Last year, Harvard’s first varsity took a 3.6 second...
...Crimson managed to post a strong offensive output and attone for Saturday’s defeats.BROWN 8, HARVARD 7 (OT)After losing to No. 15 Hartwick, the Crimson showed resilience against another highly-ranked opponent. Harvard faced No. 19 Brown (23-13, 8-2) in a rivalry matchup that took several turns. In the first half, the Crimson ran off to a 6-1 lead thanks to a balanced offensive effort characteristic of the weekend. However, Harvard wound up on the other side of a 6-1 run during the second half, forcing the game into overtime. Both teams were...