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...behind Penn in the league’s preseason poll. That ranking only fueled the high expectations, as Harvard was thought to be facing perhaps its best opportunity to unseat powerhouses Penn and Princeton and claim the school’s first Ivy title and first trip to the NCAA tournament since 1946. Those dreams, however, faded into bitter memory with an eight-game league losing streak late in the season that transformed Harvard from title challengers into a team struggling to avoid the Ivy basement. After a pair of emotionally jarring last-minute defeats, Harvard fell into a tailspin...
...third in the Ivy League this season behind Cornell and Penn. The Crimson’s starting lineup posted outstanding individual numbers, with Ogunwole leading the way by finishing 32-8, placing first in the heavyweight class in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships and sixth in the NCAAs. In a season that saw numerous injuries hamper Harvard’s chances for a run at the Ivy title, the Crimson (5-8-1, 2-2-1) nevertheless did not give in to even the best opponents. Sidelined by a leg injury for the first half of the season...
...Harvard men’s hockey team peaked at the right time.But once again, it wasn’t enough to vault the Crimson past the first round of the NCAA Tournament, as Harvard fell to Maine in Albany, N.Y., just a week removed from the Crimson’s dominant performance in the ECAC Final Four at the same rink.Nevertheless, the successful season, which included an Ivy League title in addition to the ECAC championship, was an impressive accomplishment for a Harvard team that was predicted to suffer severely from the graduation of the Class...
...compete in what has become one of college lacrosse’s toughest leagues. Five road wins, two triple-overtime marathons, and a surprising Selection Sunday announcement later, the Crimson ended its season in a place that it hadn’t seen in a decade—the NCAA tournament.A 6-7 season saw Harvard split its six conference games. The Crimson’s regular-season road record of 5-2 was a vast improvement over its 1-6 record away from Jordan Field a year ago, but most of Harvard’s trouble this season...
This winter, the Harvard women’s hockey team saved its best for last. The squad with a penchant for late-game heroics made waves in March, engineering a dramatic run to an ECAC Tournament title and an NCAA Frozen Eight appearance, despite losing its standouts to the quadrennial Winter Olympics.With its season hanging in the balance, the Crimson dispatched visiting Clarkson in a trio of hard-fought, one-goal games to advance out of the conference tournament quarterfinals. Junior Jennifer Sifers clinched the series win with a double-overtime tally in the rubber match...