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...decided to practice harder and play harder, certainly not let that weekend get us down,” Baise said. “In some ways, that was clear on the bus ride home. We weren’t going to stay down for long...
...down season, which saw the team rebound from a sub-.500 start to take the ECAC regular-season title, came to a heartbreaking end in the ECAC tournament.Top-seeded Harvard’s semifinal draw was sixth-seeded RPI, a team that had never beaten the Crimson and was playing in its first-ever championship weekend. And though Harvard outshot the Engineers 50-17 for the game, missed Crimson chances and gritty play from RPI’s goaltender pushed the contest to overtime.Thirteen minutes into the extra session, with the Engineers’ power play about to expire...
...history. After a handful of preseason contests, the Crimson (13-8, 6-1 Ivy), ranked No. 66 in the nation by the ITA at the end of the season, battered Columbia, 6-1, and Cornell, 7-0, in the first Ivy weekend. “I think we are playing the best at this moment,” sophomore Samantha Rosekrans said after the Big Red match on April 5. “Our goal has been to be the most improved Ivy League team, and thus far I think we’ve accomplished that goal...
...first Ivy League game of the season, and the Harvard women’s soccer team was rolling with a six-game unbeaten streak, including a 1-1 tie against then-No. 12 Boston College. After having played a grueling nine games in 22 days, the Crimson players were optimistic about their ability to succeed. But with missed shots—including a close attempt from freshman Melanie Baskind that deflected off the crossbar—and Penn finding the net once in each half, the Harvard team emerged from the game in a completely different mood...
...rookie Christine Cho said. “Even when we did not have team practice during the winter months, many of us would practice in our indoor facility, and this really helped us at the end of the year.” Crimson coach Kevin Rhoads also played a crucial role in preparing the girls throughout the season, which included victories at the Princeton Invitational and the Yale Fall Intercollegiate for the first time in Harvard history. “Coach Rhoads was great,” Cho said. “He is helpful when he needs...