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...Crimson always seems to save its best for last. After a shaky start in the first half, Harvard ratcheted up its intensity in the second as it fought off the Big Red on Saturday in Ithaca, N.Y. Senior co-captain Megan Merritt scored her second goal of the season, leading Harvard (7-3-1. 1-1-0 Ivy) to a 1-0 victory against Cornell, the team’s first Ivy triumph of year. “In the first half we didn’t come out as strong and were a bit flat-footed...
...against the Big Red, head coach Tim Murphy could not depend on his kicker to split the uprights...
...once again a topic of conversation for the Crimson. That’s because each of Harvard’s first three games were either won or lost because of the team’s ability, or inability, to finish well, and the Week 4 win over the Big Red demonstrated the best and the worst of the Crimson when it comes to closing the door on opponents.For the most part, Harvard finished drives in a fashion not yet seen this year, scoring five times—all touchdowns—in the team’s biggest offensive output...
...team could kick off its Ivy League opener against Cornell on Saturday. In contrast, it took less than eight minutes for the No. 8 Crimson (8-1-1, 1-0-0 Ivy) to score three second-half goals en route to a convincing 4-1 victory over the Big Red (5-4, 0-1-0 Ivy) in Ithaca, N.Y. “[The Ivy games are] what we live and die for,” senior co-captain Matt Hoff said. The scoring frenzy began just over 10 minutes after the break with Harvard sitting on a modest...
...Cornell long, however, as Harvard responded with a 51-yard touchdown strike from senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti to sophomore wideout Matt Luft on the ensuing drive, giving the Crimson (2-2, 2-0 Ivy) a 25-15 lead on the way to a 32-15 victory over the Big Red (2-2, 0-2 Ivy) in front of 10,619 fans at Schoellkopf Field.“It was a play we run all the time, something that happened last year against Lehigh,” Luft said of the score. “I just kind...