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...golden men atop trophies, apparently, and no fancy blue ribbons. It’s actually not much, materially speaking.“It’s in the paper,” he says. “And they sent me a plaque.”This spring, the preseason honors have already surfaced. Baseball America, for one, has him pegged to its preseason All-Conference team: not as a pitcher or an outfielder, but as a designated hitter.Salsgiver, it appears, will have eyes watching and his work cut out for him during his final college tour...
...team had a strong core of upperclassmen, led by captain Brady Merchant, Pat Harvey and Elliot Prasse-Freeman, who expected to lead Harvard into competition for the league title, much as captain Matt Stehle, Brian Cusworth and Mike Beal formed the nucleus of the 2005-06 team, the preseason pick to finish second in the league. Both squads got off to strong starts, going 8-5 in non-conference play and sweeping Dartmouth to enter the heart of the season 10-5. Those high expectations soon gave way to bitter disappointment. The 2002-03 team began its slide by dropping...
...opening 30 minutes. And although Pike allowed five shots, the 26 that he ultimately faced—compared to 11 for O’Donnell—partly accounted for the goal discrepancy.“The decision [to use two goalies] is something I thought about all preseason,” Anderson said. “It’s not an easy thing to do, but they both played well. We’re going to play that way until I’m convinced it?...
...squad is stronger than last year’s team. The Crimson will have a better attack with the return of junior Greg Cohen, who provided much of the offense his freshman year. Cohen missed the entire 2005 season after he broke his arm during the preseason. “We’re looking for him to provide a lot of offense for us,” Mikula said. “We’re looking forward to having him back this year. He was really someone we missed.” Cohen is just...
...special player in that respect.”THE HUNTEDPart of Harvard’s fall from the top of the standings can be explained by the fact that, for the first time in several years, other teams have been gunning for the Crimson. After receiving a preseason ranking of number two in the Ivies, and beating quality opponents such as Holy Cross and Albany to begin the year 12-6 and 4-1 in the league, Harvard found itself in an unusual position—having Ivy opponents aiming at upsetting the Crimson, rather than the other way around...