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...tacked to the outside foyer of the Lowell House Masters’ residence. The unobtrusively-placed and sepia-toned images, which call to mind memories of the College’s conservative past, capture a newly constructed Lowell House standing in perfect form, sidewalks smooth and bricks still tightly in place. Stamped in white lettering near the bottom of each reads the year 1930. That year, the House’s chief eponym, Abbott Lawrence Lowell—a notorious homophobe and organizer of a secretive court that once expelled eight Harvard students suspected of being gay—still...
...Harvard men’s lacrosse team sunk the Stony Brook Sea Wolves, 9-6, in a tight game with a memorable third-period surge led by sophomores on a damp Saturday afternoon at Jordan Field. “We had a lot more enthusiasm today,” Harvard coach John Tillman said. “We could have taken a step back last week after losing, but I think the guys stepped up and it showed a lot about their character.” Last time the teams met, Harvard walked away with a 13-8 loss...
...grittier aspects of the game became apparent in the final few seconds. With lead changes in what felt like every second-half possession, junior Katie Rollins put the Crimson up by one with a minute and a half remaining, courtesy of a nice inside move.On the ensuing possession, some tight defense led to a Columbia miss, and junior Niki Finelli grabbed the rebound. After winding down the clock, co-captain Lindsay Hallion went to the line. The first free throw touched every part of the rim before dropping, and after another make, Harvard took a 68-65 lead with just...
...puck past Harvard goalie Christina Kessler, with assists coming from Johnston and Sam Wauer.But the Crimson would hold off the Cornell attack for the remaining four minutes of shorthanded play, keeping the score 2-1 heading into the second intermission.“We want them to call a tight game because that suits our game,” Stone added. “We had to kill more penalties than we would have liked, but we also had plenty of power play chances too.”Harvard jumped out to a 3-1 lead on Wilson?...
...hitting a lot of posts so it was nice to see it finally go in for us.”Brine’s score, her 15th of the season, would turn out to be the game-winner. Cornell threatened a few times in the final minutes, but a tight Crimson defense and some clutch saves by sophomore goalie Christina Kessler reeled in the victory for Harvard.The Crimson struck first on Friday. Junior forward Sarah Vaillancourt stole the puck in the Big Red zone 8:32 into the first period, and with two defenders and Niesluchowski between...