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...opener against the Crusaders should prove more of a challenge for the Crimson than in the recent past. The matchup to watch will surely be the pass-first Holy Cross offense, led by junior quarterback Dominic Randolph, who set a school single-game record with 62 throwing attempts in the team’s opener (a 40-30 loss to No. 3 UMass) against one of the best secondaries of the Tim Murphy Era, highlighted by preseason All-American corner Andrew Berry...
...energy, but not its offense. “It was definitely a struggle because of the heat, and both teams were feeling a little bit tired at times,” co-captain Jana Berglund said. “But it was a good matchup, and we were able to move the ball well.” Capitalizing on assists and deflections, the Crimson claimed the first three goals of the game. Junior forward Kayla Romanelli got the ball rolling, scoring more than midway through the first half. Harvard’s other two goals were knocked in by junior...
...worked a 4-0 surge of its own but fell short of regaining the lead, as the Spartans took the match and the Invitational title.HARVARD 3, WOFFORD 1When four players record kill statistics in the double digits, good things are bound to follow.That was the case in the first matchup of Saturday’s play in the Invitational, which pitted Wofford against the hometown Crimson. After splitting the first two games against the Terriers, Harvard rallied to secure a 3-1 victory (30-22, 25-30, 30-16, 30-18).“The setters were really doing such...
...side. Between rounds, transvestite inmates performed a saucy fashion show, while a prison band serenaded the audience with Thai folk songs. But the claim of home-crowd advantage will soon be tested when the Black Rose, now a free woman, defends her title against the winner of an upcoming matchup between a Mexican and a German...
...Bears dashed Harvard’s championship hopes with a 9-4 victory. The men rebounded the next day to salvage a third-place finish over crosstown rival MIT. At Easterns, Ivy League foe Princeton squeaked by Harvard with a narrow 9-8 victory. In the second matchup, the Crimson succumbed again to Johns Hopkins, which walked away with a 11-7 victory in a tightly contested match. In the end, Harvard, after entering the tournament seeded seventh, finished in seventh place, beating MIT in their third meeting of the year.—Staff writer Vincent R. Oletu...