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...scores of 25-13, 25-6, and 25-7. The games were marked by sloppy play from the Terriers alongside efficient and powerful bench play from Harvard. The Crimson posted a season-high .456 hitting percentage and maintained consistent play throughout. Senior Kathryn McKinley demonstrated versatility throughout the sweep, recording 10 kills, four aces, five digs, and hitting a season best .400. HARVARD 3, BRYANT 1 The semifinal match against Bryant (10-6) proved to be a difficult test for Harvard. Despite only dropping one frame, the Crimson had to rally back from a first set blowout...
...Crimson was unable to capitalize on its opponents’ mistakes.Racking up three four-point streaks, the Bulls soon broke away to win the match 25-16. As with the previous game, Harvard showed the most tenacity in the third frame. Not willing to give up the sweep without a fight, the Crimson jostled with the Bulls throughout most of play, tying 10 times.Led by junior Chelsea Ono Horn and freshman Annie Ingersoll, Harvard hit for .333 in the third after posting minute percentages in the previous two sets. Despite the offensive boost, however, the Bulls pulled away...
Sometimes coming home isn’t so sweet. For the Harvard men’s water polo team this weekend, Blodgett Pool instead dealt it a sweep. The Crimson lost all three of its games while hosting the ECAC Championships, finishing in last place among the eight team field. For a squad that began the season in promising fashion with a 2-1 record in three road games, Harvard suffered a harsh reality check at the hands of its conference foes. The Crimson fell to Johns Hopkins and Iona on Saturday before closing the tournament with a loss...
...Appaloosa isn't a revisionist western, like the Sam Peckinpah and Sergio Leone films of the 1960s and '70s, which revitalized the genre and pretty much wore it out; this one is ordinary and borderline ornery. It lacks the verve of 3:10 to Yuma, the sullen sweep of Brad Pitt's Jesse James epic, the deranged energy of Sukiyaki Western Django, to name just three oaters from last year. But in its fidelity to western verities, Appaloosa may seem radical to today's viewers. At a time when images in all visual media bombard the brain, the western...
...thumping Barack Obama over the head. And it may have raised questions about McCain's own judgment and seriousness. But, as we have been told ad nauseam since the surprise choice was announced last Friday, Palin has already provided one unquestionable, invaluable assist to the Republican campaign: with one sweep of her perfectly manicured hand, she has supposedly erased McCain's Evangelical problem and united the base that proved so key to George W. Bush's victory in 2004. (See photos of Sarah Palin here...