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...Crimson (8-22, 6-4 Ivy League) began strong but dropped its second Beanpot contest, 9-5, to Boston College (23-12, 5-3 ACC), failing to hold up late after building a 3-2 lead. Still, Harvard coach Joe Walsh did not blame his squad’s defeat on the distraction of playing in a big league ballpark...
Despite a good effort from sophomore starter Zach Hofeld and strong defensive play, the Crimson struggled to match its opponent’s offense against Eagles freshman hurler Mike Dennhardt. The hard-throwing righty—who, accoring to Walsh, reached speeds above 90 mph in high school—struck out three of the first six batters he faced and allowed four earned runs over 5.1 innings to improve to 3-0 on the season...
...batters later, with Rogers at third and captain Harry Douglas at first, Walsh decided to send Douglas. A strong throw from Eagles’ catcher Harry Darling—which was destined to get the out at second—was cut off before reaching the bag and was redirected home, towards a darting Rogers. Rogers slid safely into the plate, but might have been tagged out had Darling been able to hold onto the ball. The run gave Harvard a 3-2 lead at the time...
...Tigers hold a near perfect record this season, the only flaw a 13-12 loss to then-No. 4 Duke in Durham, N.C. “We didn’t come out well against Princeton,” Gleson said. “If we come out strong against Dartmouth we will have a much better opportunity to play all 60 minutes.” The Crimson looks for redemption this week against Ivy opponent Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H. on Wednesday at 4 p.m. “We have a lot to work on, and we will need...
...varsity four race and defeated the Big Green by 6.6 seconds to round out the sweep. “We certainly put the training we’ve been doing all year to good use,” sophomore Jared Dourdeville said. “All the guys rowed strong and we had a good showing, but some of our toughest competition is yet to come. We have to build momentum and strength heading into championships—we can’t be complacent sitting where we are but we have to keep looking forward...