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...rackets. Harvard started off the year facing a number of top-30 teams—including No. 1 Georgia—in a series of diagnostic tests for the Crimson. Harvard struggled against the top-notch competition, although No. 69 Chris Clayton, the Crimson co-captain, provided one bright spot, beating No. 12 Nate Schnugg of Georgia. Harvard competed in a series of invitationals throughout the fall and winter in preparation for the spring. Clayton had a very successful Wilson/ITA Northeast Tennis Regional tournament, in which he was seeded No. 1 in both singles and doubles. The senior recovered from...
...with three straight home wins in late November, including a sound 9-0 crushing of then-No. 14 Brown and an 8-1 win over No. 10 Williams. With junior Colin West outscoring his three opponents 81-2 and crucial wins from the No. 5 and No. 9 spots, Harvard also grabbed a close 5-4 victory over No. 9 Dartmouth. The opposition only became more competitive as the team then faced No. 6 Cornell in Ithaca, receiving its first loss of the season at the hands of the Big Red, 3-6. “Our match against Cornell...
...League,” Fucito said. “The goal that Penn scored was a soft one, and we had chances to win that game early. We were the better team.”Despite the disappointing third-place finish in the conference, Harvard earned an at-large spot in the NCAA Tournament.A 1-0 win in the first round against UMass provided the high point of the season for the Crimson. “There were horrible field conditions and everyone was exhausted, but we somehow managed to pull out a victory on opponents’ territory...
...loss to Dartmouth derailed the Crimson’s shot at a NCAA Tournament spot—and this year, the Ivy League title slipped away with it.Playing for a share of the championship and a chance at a one-game playoff for the league’s tournament spot, Harvard fell uncharacteristically flat, going down, 64-51, to the Big Green in Hanover, N.H. on March 10.“Unfortunately, in the biggest game of the season, we played our worst,” Crimson coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said after the loss.But while a third consecutive championship...
...sophomores. But Harvard also took steps towards future success.“This year set the team up nicely to come back strong, especially with our pitching staff,” captain Harry Douglas said. “A lot of pitchers were forced to step up in big spots and get a lot of experience.”The Crimson rotation was already full of question marks coming into the season, but more uncertainty was piled on after sophomore ace Max Perlman went down in his first start with an elbow injury and had to undergo Tommy John surgery...