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...Yale, and Dartmouth, she won in straight sets. “She really stepped it up in Ivies,” captain Laura Peterzan said. “She really wanted to win.” Ko’s endurance also proved to be a major weapon. In tough matches against Princeton and Brown, Ko was forced into a third set. However, she stayed poised and emerged victorious in both battles. “She put a lot of work in as far as her endurance goes,” Green said...
...John’s, and 9-0 in the annual Beanpot tournament. This, along with various other stellar performances, places Vloka among the best fencers in the country. “After the first day [of NCAAs], when I saw I was in top four and had my tough bouts out of the way, I felt really confident and really happy with my fencing,” Vloka said. But when Vloka found out she would face Ward in the championship bout, she knew about her opponent’s past and how tough a first-place finish would...
...February, the Crimson also fared well at the ECAC Men’s Indoor Tennis Championships, a tournament that featured fellow Ivy League opponents as well as St. John’s and Boston College. After easily disposing of the Red Storm, 4-0, Harvard faced tough opposition in Penn. Chijoff-Evans captured the winning point for Harvard in an exciting matchup against the Quakers’ Hicham Laalej. After dropping the first set, Chijoff-Evans won the second in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (10-8). The sophomore showed that he wasn’t ready to give...
...progress nationally. “This was our second time at the regional tournament, and I feel it can act as a huge learning experience for us,” Sheldon said. “We can gain a great message from the event, and while it will be tough to recover next year with the three seniors that we lose, I feel next year has the chance to be a really fun year for us.” —Staff writer Thomas D. Hutchison can be reached at tdhutch@fas.harvard.edu...
...early surge for Harvard opened the campaign with confidence, as the Crimson beat Holy Cross and Quinnipiac in two of its first three games. But Harvard faced some tough luck, falling to UMass by only one goal in the last minutes and New Hampshire in overtime...