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...third paragraph.Under super-competitive coach Phil Estes, Brown is an improving team with a lot of pride. With Zak DeOssie in the middle of their defense, the Bears have a chance to shut down Penn’s rushing attack and send the Quakers on a season-ending losing streak. Paced by a defense that ranks towards the top of the Ivies in the major statistical categories, Penn is guaranteed to be in the thick of things until the final weekend. The team is led by a bruising tailback who shoulders much of the offensive burden. Plus, the Quakers...
...make him make a decision to come out.” When teams and players come into a game this prepared, there is no question about who will emerge victorious. And with an offensive leader like Hoff, Harvard looks to be in position to continue its six-game winning streak. —ABIGAIL M. BAIRD and GABRIEL M. VELEZ
...Harvard women’s volleyball team, as the Crimson survived Columbia for a close 3-2 victory on Friday night but was handed a 3-1 defeat by a powerful Cornell squad the following afternoon in Ithaca.The come-from-behind win against Columbia snapped a four-match losing streak for the Crimson (9-10, 3-5 Ivy). The team hoped to use the momentum from the tug-of-war against the Lions to take down then-third-place Cornell but was overwhelmed by the strength of the Big Red’s hitters. Junior co-captain Laura Mahon linked...
...special teams, a key fourth-down call, the return of O’Hagan from suspension, and some head-scratching officiating marked the highs and lows of Harvard’s 31-28 loss to Tigers on Saturday. Last time, Harvard’s loss sparked a long win streak; this one served as the opposite bookend. Though the score and the repercussions were different, one element reigned supreme in both contests: drama.“Princeton is a very close second to our Yale game in terms of a rivalry,” said Crimson coach Tim Murphy following...
...last year a disappointment? Yes, but we will improve.”Last year, the middle of the spring season saw the Black and White fall the farthest. After earning victory over then-No. 2 Brown, the varsity eight went winless in its final four races. The losing streak was capped by a loss to Boston University on the Charles River in the race for the Allen-Dewolfe trophy, a shocking defeat for the heavily favored Black and White.But the squad showed signs of improvement at Eastern Sprints in May. The team finished fifth in the Grand Finals against...