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...Crimson (17-23, 13-7 Ivy) hosts the Bears (25-22, 13-7) for the fifth time in two weeks today at 3 p.m. in a one-game playoff for the Red Rolfe Division title. The winner earns a berth in the best-of-three Ivy League championship series against Lou Gehrig Division champion Princeton beginning Saturday...
Standing on the sidelines in street clothes during Game Two, Crockett watched the Crimson simultaneously give up a 2-0 lead and the chance to clinch the Red Rolfe division title outright. Now Harvard will have to meet a menacing Brown squad in a one-game playoff on Wednesday. Harvard Coach Joe Walsh has already named his rubber-armed ace as his starter. He’ll pitch on three days’ rest...
Harvard split a home-and-home doubleheader against Dartmouth this weekend, forcing a one-game playoff with Brown that will determine the winner of the Red Rolfe Division. Both Harvard and Brown are 13-7 in the Ivy League. The winner of Wednesday’s playoff will play Princeton in a best-of-three series this weekend...
Since then, Harvard comfortably won Ivy titles in 1998 and 2000. In 1999 Cornell edged out Harvard for the title and in 2001, the two teams split the Ivy title and Cornell swept Harvard in a best-of-three NCAA playoff. Harvard didn’t compete in ECACs in 1999 due to its injuries. That year, Ivy Player of the Year Chelsea Thoke ’01 nearly single-handedly elevated Harvard to the brink of an Ivy title by pitching effectively in both ends of every doubleheader down the stretch...
...Cuban (alas, he's not) explained his international tastes to Sports Illustrated thusly: "Having players that are national heroes adds quite a bit to the team," he said. "Having a whole country counting on you to represent them and win is a whole lot more pressure than an NBA playoff game...