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...What makes the Harvard squad so unique is that there is no kink in the chain. The team has been consistently strong in all of its meets throughout the entire season. At the Harvard-Yale-Princeton double-dual meet, the Crimson demonstrated its enormous depth, earning a top-two sweep of the 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard butterfly, and most notably, the 400-yard freestyle relay. Sophomores Katy Hinkle, Laura Murray, and Kate Mills and freshman Alicia Lightbourne dominated the relay, finishing nearly four seconds ahead of their teammates in 3:24.89. Close behind, rookies Monica Burgos and Margaret Fish...

Author: By Kerry E. Kartsonis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Looks To Topple Tigers for Title | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

...many events. But often the words that history remembers are delivered only once a year, usually in January or February, when the President travels the length of Pennsylvania Avenue to address a joint session of Congress. This is the moment when the President gets to set out the broad sweep of his plans, propose benchmarks for success and establish the tenor of his Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Things to Look For in Obama's Speech | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...told him it was tremendous job by Jeremy making the decision, knowing we had enough time to get that pass in and we will take that any day of the week and twice on Sunday.”With the final shot failing, Princeton completed a season-sweep of Harvard, after winning 77-71 in Lavietes Pavilion earlier this month. But while that game was characterized by an effective Tigers offense and some porous Crimson defense, the visitors put in a much better performance on that end. While Princeton had just six turnovers in the first game and shot...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Edged by Princeton in Waning Moments | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...Hampshire, but the Quakers have just won three games in a row, all on the road. Dartmouth won’t have to wait 12 more years to beat the team in blue and red again, but it also won’t get its first season sweep of Penn since 1959. The Big Green did sweep the Quakers eight times in the 1940s and 50s when it also played in the NCAA championship game twice. Times have changed. Penn 70, Dartmouth...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Nothing Clear in League Picture | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...With postseason play looming, the importance of this weekend’s matchups is heightened. While the Crimson has already locked down home-ice advantage for the first round of the ECAC playoffs, a sweep this weekend would let Harvard play at Bright throughout the tournament. However, the team is not concerned with such talk of postseason play just...

Author: By Matt Dasilva, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: League Crown at Stake in Final Weekend | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

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