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Victories over New Hampshire and UC-Berkeley put two wins on the board, but then Harvard lost another four in a row, including a close 2-1 defeat at the hands of Princeton, the eventual league champ...
...other words, this season just wasn't happening for Harvard. It wasn't until mid-February, halfway through the season, that Harvard coach Ishan Gurdal finally decided on a setter, putting former back-row-specialist and co-captain Abbas Hyderi on the second hit for good. Sophomore Evan Beachy had been the full-time setter, and then Beachy and Hyderi switched off in the 6-2 offense before Hyderi took over full-time...
...hindsight shows, Harvard was about to win seven games in a row...
...amazing thing Harvard did was fight back from a five-game losing streak early in the season to win seven in a row, earning a record of 8-6 (3-3 Ivy) and a No. 12 spot in the NCAA poll...
...well be a while before he does anything but row. Ruckman cites the "outside chance that I will stick around for four years and make a shot at the 2000 Olympics...