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Harvard came out of the gates flying, winning its first six games and earning the No. 6 ranking in the country before falling, 1-0, to third-ranked Wake Forest on Sept. 26. The loss to the Demon Deacons didn’t cause the Crimson to veer off course...
The spring season started out strong, with four straight victories for the Crimson against Brown, Williams, Dartmouth, and Cornell. Then-No. 3 Rochester handed the Crimson its first loss, 7-2, on Jan. 23, though West and freshman Alexander Ma picked up wins for Harvard. The squad remained unfazed by...
“We started out with a couple of very narrow wins against competition we would normally [have] beaten,” West said. “But then we had some really good wins after that.”
Harvard did not let this loss set a precedent for the rest of the season. Just a day after the defeat against the Aggies, the Crimson traveled to Ithaca, N.Y., blowing Cornell and Dartmouth out of the water, 177-123 and 237-63, respectively.
“That was a real positive weekend, and it gave us confidence going into the rest of the season,” co-captain Tommy Gray said. “It was great to start out on the right foot.”