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...Most people think, ‘Win or lose, I’m an All-American,’ but when Louis lost, he was devastated. He’s a competitor…and just his reaction will propel him.”Motivated by a strong will to succeed, Caputo struggled with the decision to take a semester off for healing, but the all-star did not waste the time, working tirelessly to hit the ground running this past winter. Caputo credited work with the Crimson’s assistant coaches for getting him up to speed after...
...down shots on each other, trading jumpers and lead changes in the final minutes. With just 54 seconds left, Princeton guard Addie Micir hit a trey to tie the game at 50. The next trip up the floor, Berry dished to Markley, who absorbed contact and finished with a strong layup. Lavietes erupted—hope had become reality, and victory was in the air. With under 30 seconds to go, Princeton squandered its last chance when guard Jessica Berry missed a crucial jumper. Markley grabbed the board and was fouled, then connected on two free throws with nine seconds...
...picked up their play and became leaders for the freshmen, who made up five of the 10 players on the squad. “Our captain, Laura Peterzan, put a lot of work into keeping the team together,” Green said. “We had strong leadership on the court and teamwork. Our captain worked overtime keeping a very young squad on task.”The turnaround from 2008 to 2009 also featured a turnaround within the 2009 season. At the beginning of this year, the Crimson dropped some tight preseason matches, including one to Dartmouth...
...Stanford. The Crimson beat them both, 8-1, proving worthy itself of its top-four ranking. Harvard’s first real tests came in the first week of February against three opponents that were seeded higher than the Crimson. “We knew that we were strong going into that week, but we knew [Trinity, Penn, and Princeton] were going to be tough,” junior captain Johanna Snyder said. “It was [a] hybrid of confidence and viewing them as true competition that made us successful.” The Crimson impressed in every...
...senior Emily Balmert said. “We did not play as well as we would have liked or probably as well as we could have based on our performances this year. We are a little disappointed, but I don’t think [that] weekend can erase the strong year that we did have.” While the national tournament did not go as well as the Crimson would have liked, the fact that Harvard made the NCAA field for the second-consecutive year shows just how far this program has come. In the course of Coach Rhoads?...