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...ball into the bottom of the net for the win. The victory in the friendly confines of Jordan Field avenged a 2005 loss in Denver, a game which saw the Crimson leading 8-7 with 24 seconds remaining before two late Pioneer goals began a four-game Harvard skid. “I think we had last year in our minds,” Cohen said. “We definitely wanted to pay them back a little bit for that. So we were able to do that and beat a ranked team.” The victory...
...middle of the Hay Division pack. With no team stepping up to challenge division-leading East Stroudsburg, the league standings are wide open, and the Crimson could make a run at a top finish. Harvard plays three games this coming week with the hopes of righting its recent skid and making a playoff push. “Oftentimes, a win or a string of wins can be the morale booster, the cure-all,” McKiernan said. “We’re at a turning point right now.” “I know we?...
...first halftime lead in 10 games, looked more like the team that had begun the year 12-6 and 4-1 in league play than the one coming off its second straight 27-point loss and eighth in a row overall. Determined not to let the skid extend any further, Harvard recognized its three seniors before the game and then held off a second-half comeback by the Lions to send the graduates out on a positive note. “It was a very emotional night for everybody,” Beal said. “We were just...
...nearly over, the Crimson fought back after a lackluster effort two weekends ago at home versus Brown and Yale. Its inspired play, however, was not enough to top the league’s leader in an extremely physical battle. The Crimson was unable to snap the five-game skid that began with heartbreaking final-play losses to Cornell and Princeton, as Penn prevailed, 74-71, in what became a war of attrition at The Palestra.The combative nature of the Quakers’ overtime victory was quickly established. Only 12 total fouls were called in the first half, as the referees...
Harvard will need that stamina to get back to the defense it played in its four Ivy League victories—when it held opponents to 41 percent shooting—likely the best formula for stopping the team’s longest skid in two years...