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...Crimson heavyweight crew is a powerhouse known for making history, and the 2006 team did not disappoint. Unfortunately for Harvard, the team repeatedly found itself on a side of history it would rather not occupy, as the Crimson became known for snapping historic winning streaks and failing to replicate the winning formula of years past. The year started encouragingly, with Harvard capturing its sixth straight win at the Stonehurst Regatta and then returning home for a resoundingly successful performance at the Head of the Charles. The Stonehurst winning streak, however, would prove to be one of the few that...
...Harvard was thought to be facing perhaps its best opportunity to unseat powerhouses Penn and Princeton and claim the school’s first Ivy title and first trip to the NCAA tournament since 1946. Those dreams, however, faded into bitter memory with an eight-game league losing streak late in the season that transformed Harvard from title challengers into a team struggling to avoid the Ivy basement. After a pair of emotionally jarring last-minute defeats, Harvard fell into a tailspin, losing its shot at history along with the chance for its first winning record in four years...
...beating in New Jersey. The nadir surely arrived on Valentine’s Day, when Boston College wrested the Beanpot trophy away from Harvard, which lost, 2-0, despite its hosting privileges and a seven-year monopoly on the tournament hardware.In the ensuing weeks, though, the Crimson initiated the streak that vaulted it from underachiever to upstart and promised big things for 2007. “Looking back, everyone has a lot of positive things to take out of it,” Boe said. “As a senior class, we’re extremely happy with...
...Crimson breezed its way through its first couple of matches before trying once again to knock off the team with the longest intercollegiate winning streak in any sport. And just like in years past, Harvard fell to Trinity in the regular season...
...captain Brandon Chiu said. “As a younger team, we didn’t have the college experience [we needed to succeed], but the level of play was there.” The two stories of the season for the Crimson involved two broken streaks. The first—more of a lowlight—involved Cornell, which snapped a 45-year losing streak against Harvard by winning five of six singles matches and delivering the Crimson its first Ivy loss of the season, a loss that sophomore Ashwin Kumar called “the worst singles performance...