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...with a 14-6 record in Ancient Eight play and earning home-field advantage over Lou Gehrig winner Princeton for the all-important Ivy Championship Series. Yet the feisty Tigers dashed the Crimson’s hopes of a repeat appearance in the NCAA Tournament, capturing a stunning doubleheader sweep at O’Donnell Field with unsuspenseful 9-3 and 8-2 victories. The summary dismissal foiled the squad’s plans of back-to-back titles, and left Harvard head coach Joe Walsh searching for answers.“It was just a tough...
...worried about getting another Ivy League title, which can have negative effects on the level of play.” The Crimson started its league slate with two three-frame losses to travel partner Dartmouth, a team that Harvard had handled with little trouble in 2004. After recovering to sweep non-league opponent Sacred Heart and breaking its seven-match losing streak, the Crimson entered the most grueling part of its league schedule: four matches on the road against Penn, Princeton, Yale, and Brown. Harvard managed to win only two games in a span of fourteen and suddenly stood...
...exceptionally well over a nine-day period against the top four teams in the conference.Facing an uphill battle, Harvard delivered. Though the Crimson dropped the first game of the set with a 4-1 loss to Colgate, Harvard upset the Big Red the following day before returning home to sweep Clarkson and the Saints and clinch fourth place in the ECAC standings.“We’ve really played well in the last ten, fifteen minutes of games with the lead,” said captain Peter Hafner after the game. “We had a problem...
...three-meter diving events. The Crimson then returned to easier Ivy League competition, facing off against Penn and winning 204.5–95.5, the team’s biggest margin of the season. Harvard won 14 out of 16 events and Papadakis was once again able to sweep both diving events. Before Princeton and Yale, the Crimson warmed up with some serious competition. Harvard swam against Rutgers, the No. 24 team in the country to Harvard’s No. 25. Every individual point counted as the Crimson won the meet by one point...
...achieve dual victories over Rhode Island (24-33) and Northeastern (22-39). The Crimson men also boasted a double victory, running circles around local rivals Northeastern (15-50) and Boston University (16-42) in decisive victories. Harvard monopolized the top ten, taking six of the spots, including a sweep of the top four. The Crimson then traveled to the Iona Meet of Champions, where it placed in the overall top third of the competition. The women were seventh among their 23 collegiate opponents, while the men finished eighth of 26. Scherf dominated the 6K course in 21:19.3, winning...