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Crimson football coach Tim Murphy, who arrived at Harvard less than a decade into Orleans’ tenure, said that it is the League’s presidents, not its director, who represent the biggest roadblock to playoff football in the Ivy League...
...playoff picture, and the Crimson’s role in it, has changed significantly since those winter doldrums. After a loss to Brown on Feb. 1, Harvard has won six of its last seven contests, and its only loss in that span may have been its best-played game of the entire season, a Beanpot-finale slugfest against Boston College...
...could mean that the final first-round bye will go to whoever comes away with two points when the two teams meet on Saturday night. After a turbulent and unpredictable season for the Crimson, it could very realistically all come down to this: another showdown in Ithaca, with crucial playoff positioning on the line. But this time, coming into Lynah Rink, Harvard won’t be the underdog...
...Despite the disappointment of the 6-5 overtime loss, rebounded to defeat two ranked opponents over the weekend -- No. 17 Princeton and No. 16 Quinnipiac, 3-2 and 4-1, respectively. Suddenly, the Crimson is a contender for a first-round bye in the ECAC Tournament, with NCAA playoff hopes on the horizon. Although excellent team play across the board has led to this recent resurgence, last week’s 2-1-0 streak against favored teams was in large part attributable to the play of co-captain Mike Taylor. Taylor opened the week with two goals...
...Crimson (4-3, 3-1 Hay) couldn’t overcome non-conference opponent Mount Olive (8-4) in the teams’ first meeting, surrendering a hard-fought loss, 1-3.Despite the loss to the Trojans, Harvard finds itself in a solid position for an EIVA playoff run. The Crimson’s victory against Rutgers puts Harvard in second place in the Hay Division, just behind Springfield, the team that gave the Crimson’s its only conference loss.“The weekend as a whole was extremely positive,” senior outside hitter Jordan Weitzen...