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...Pike made 14 saves on the day, then-No. 3 Cornell was able to overwhelm Harvard, 13-12. The following week, then-No. 2 Princeton handed the Crimson another one-goal defeat. The Tigers sealed Harvard’s fate with an unassisted goal with two minutes to play, giving the Crimson a 10-9 loss. Brown followed suit the next week, defeating Harvard...
...Northern Championships. Although the Crimson began the year 2-1 and looked to be adjusting well to head coach Erik Farrar’s new system, the squad struggled mightily with transition defense, prompting an eight-game losing streak. But rather than give into frustration, Harvard tightened its play and went 3-3 over its final six games, an encouraging sign for 2009. “Guys for the most part tried to focus on what we weren’t doing well,” sophomore Bret Voith said. “We didn’t necessarily...
Senior Kathryn McKinley set the offensive rhythm for the Crimson, ranking first on the team in kills at 327. McKinley played in all 97 of Harvard’s games, and the statistical pinnacle of her play came on Oct. 10 and 11 at Brown and Yale, when the senior racked up a combined 46 kills and 39 digs. But despite McKinley’s efforts, Harvard fell in both games...
...championship and a chance at a one-game playoff for the league’s tournament spot, Harvard fell uncharacteristically flat, going down, 64-51, to the Big Green in Hanover, N.H. on March 10.“Unfortunately, in the biggest game of the season, we played our worst,” Crimson coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said after the loss.But while a third consecutive championship may have been too much to ask of the decorated veterans, their farewell season still saw a great deal of resilience and, ultimately, a berth in the NIT.There was one other important development...
...After receiving attention from the national media for its stunning upset over BC, Harvard settled into Ivy League play. Yet during this pivotal stretch, injuries began to accumulate in the frontcourt. With prized recruit Andrew van Nest and junior Pat Magnarelli already out for the season, senior forward Evan Harris and Miller went down with injuries, and the Crimson stumbled to 2-7 in the Ancient Eight...