Word: squashing
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...Harvard women’s squash team fell to No. 1 Princeton 5-4 in a thrilling Howe Cup Championship Final Sunday afternoon in an epic bout that will go down as one of the most thrilling in the tournament’s history. The team reached the final by dispatching No. 7 Stanford and No. 3 Penn in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, respectively.The defeat marks the third time in the last five years that the Crimson has fallen in the Howe Cup final, although this one was certainly the closest.“The whole team was incredibly...
Despite tenacious efforts up and down the lineup, the Crimson suffered back-to-back losses for the first time this year, falling to Yale 6-3.After a weekend split against Ivy rivals Princeton and Penn, the Harvard men’s squash team (6-4, 3-3 Ivy League) returned to the Barnaby Courts last night for its final regular-season match, hosting the third-ranked and archrival Bulldogs (13-2, 5-1). Yale promised to be a formidable opponent, showing energy and confidence as a result of winning five of their last six contests, and delivered with three matches...
...Harvard Women’s Squash team (8-1, 5-1 Ivy) put an exclamation point on an exemplary season with a 6-3 victory over rival No. 5 Yale (9-4, 3-4 Ivy) Wednesday evening at the Barnaby Courts to close out the regular season.The victory helped assuage a heartbreaking 5-4 defeat to No. 1 Princeton last weekend and restored positive momentum to the team as it prepares to host the Howe Cup Championship this weekend.With No. 1 sophomore June Tiong already out with an injury, Crimson Coach Satinder Bajwa took a risk resting No. 3 freshman...
...might be hard to believe, but there is something better than the butternut squash soup served in the dining halls on Tuesdays. That’s the squash being served up by Harvard men’s squash star Colin West. With only one match remaining in the regular season—against rival Yale this Wednesday—the junior stands almost undefeated with an impressive 8-1 individual record.Last week, West defeated Trinity’s Gustav Detter in an exciting four-game battle. West—ranked fourth at the time—topped the nation?...
...Sunstein entered the Middlesex School, a preparatory school in Concord, Mass., in eighth grade, he seemed destined to excel in all aspects of student life. By his senior year, he was co-editor of the student newspaper, The Anvil, editor-in-chief of the yearbook, and a national-caliber squash player, having learned to play while at the school.Middlesex classmate Robert E. Harvey recalls that Sunstein “was working so much that he wasn’t hanging out with an awful lot of people all the time.” Sunstein’s closest friend...