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...have to shut down bruising senior forwards Mark Zoller, a first-team All Ivy selection last year, and Steve Danley.Stopping the notorious Princeton offense will require patience and excellent fundamental defense from the Crimson, especially on the perimeter—an area where they struggled mightily last year, finishing seventh in the Ivies in three-point field goal percentage defense.A season full of statement games will force Harvard’s youngsters to grow up quickly and send a message to the other Ivies: we are better than our preseason No. 7 league ranking. Beating Penn and Princeton would prove...
...employing 6’5 Michael Beal ’06, who was more rebounding forward than hot-handed guard, at the three spot. The results on the perimeter were devastating—look no further for the chief factor in last year’s shortcoming than seventh-place league finishes in both three-point field goal percentage and percentage defense. “We’ve looked all summer at our defensive principles in terms of how we guard the three-point line,” Sullivan says. “Were we giving up threes because...
...Seventh place was not the prize the Harvard men’s water polo team was looking to take home from the Eastern Championships hosted by Princeton this weekend.Entering Saturday’s game as the underdog, fifth-seeded Harvard managed to take an early lead against Princeton in the first half. But the Crimson couldn’t keep up with the Tigers for long, as it yielded its advantage in the second, giving up the game in the final moments, 9-8.Unable to recover in time for its next game, Harvard lost its edge against John?...
...Saturday’s competition was characterized by moderate winds early on and much stronger gusts late, enough to cause a number of capsizes. On Sunday, winds were constant at the regatta, and in the end, Harvard finished in seventh place at the 17-team event...
...Each division sailed a total of 17 races at the championship, as the A-division trio of sophomore skipper Megan Watson, senior crew Christina Dahlman and senior crew Cassandra Niemi finished in sixth place. The Crimson amassed 128 points in all, one better than the Navy’s seventh place effort in the division. Top-ranked St. Mary’s took A-division as well as the regatta overall in the women’s culminating outing of the season...