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...league portion of the schedule—which included wins over Quinnipiac, Hartford, Fairfield and Holy Cross—was much kinder to the Crimson than its Ivy schedule. Harvard’s biggest non-league win immediatly followed an early-season 15-4 defeat at the hands of Bucknell, as the Crimson traveled to then-No. 14 UMass and took an 11-7 decision...
...fact, the softest portion of Harvard’s schedule was the end, the mini-season of Ivy competition, which the Crimson swept to secure an NCAA berth...
...penchant for losing games late proved particularly devastating for Harvard during the Ivy portion of the season. Against Brown on March 26, the Crimson held onto a 9-7 lead with eight minutes remaining, but allowed Sarah Passano to tally three quick goals as Harvard fell...
...weeks earlier, Harvard held 14-point leads over Cornell and Columbia on consecutive nights, only to lose both games by double-digits. After watching Yale steamroll the Crimson during the middle portion of the second half, a similar fate seemed to be lurking on the horizon...
...different things to different people, both within and without the University. That range of perceptions reflects the ways in which Harvard has changed over the past few decades, moving away from its roots as a college serving the elites of New England towards its new role as the undergraduate portion of the world’s foremost research university. Doubtless, the shift will continue, and will probably accelerate—but administrators, alumni and students alike should recognize that Harvard abandons its past at its peril...