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...step toward a more egalitarian and exciting athletic landscape. Orleans was particularly well-known for placing an utmost priority on cultivating the “student” in student-athletes. He staunchly supported a restriction upon Ivy League football teams that prevents them from competing in post-season playoffs. For Orleans, the Ivy League represents a special case among collegiate conferences in which the rigor of academics makes an extended season too costly for the learning environment. While this is a laudable stance to take in the name of preserving the strength of academics, in practice it is blatantly...
...Seeded third in the ECAC Championships at Lewisburg, Pa, Harvard (3-4) finished fourth in the two-day tournament, playing three games in two days. In Sunday’s third-place playoff, the Crimson fell to a crushing 14-6 defeat at the hands of fourth-seeded Wagner...
...Harvard reached the playoff through a strong showing in Saturday’s games—an 8-7 win in the first round versus George Washington was followed up by a narrow 12-9 loss to second-seeded Marist...
...against the Big Red, most of the 473 fans in attendance probably expected to see an easy win for the Crimson.After all, given that Harvard came into the game a perfect 22-0-0 in conference play, ranked No.1 in the country and the top seed in the ECAC playoffs, the prospect of facing the eighth-seeded Big Red—a sub-.500 team that the Crimson defeated twice in the regular season—would seem to be far from a daunting challenge to the outside observer.But Harvard coach Katey Stone knew better.“I expected...
...draw against Colgate leaves three teams tied for the last spot on the podium. If Donato really wants to answer his critics, he needs to show that his teams can reach the Dance. And given this year’s playoff mix, it may take an ECAC tournament title...