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Sunday marked an afternoon of tough competition, hard-fought battles, and varied finishes. The Harvard fencing teams took on Penn, Princeton, and Cornell yesterday in the Ivy League South Championships, the opening leg of the Ancient Eight’s championship series, at Hutchison Gym in Philadelphia, Penn. The No. 1 men’s squad dropped its first meet of the season, 16-11, to Princeton to open the day, rebounding in the afternoon with a convincing 19-8 victory over Penn. The third-ranked women handily took their opening two matches, winning 21-6 against Cornell...
...team, it is the hardest thing to do.To become a road warrior, gain road fortitude, or excel in any other cliché one can choose is a challenge that brings even the best of programs to its knees.For Harvard, the team has dubbed it “road toughness.” And despite the disappointments of the weekend past, punctuated by its hard-fought 75-63 loss to Penn on Saturday night, the Crimson still believes it can transfer this ideal into Ivy wins.The test begins next week, playing at Ivy rivals Brown...
...last year. In 2006, Harvard was blown out, 75-48, at Princeton after taking Penn to overtime the night before. The back-end game this time was much more competitive.“It’s hard to take something from a loss, but the Palestra is a tough place to play and I think we handled it well, except for that stretch in the second half when we let it get away,” Goffredo said. “We showed poise both nights, so I think definitely, with four of our last six on the road...
With six players entirely new to team competition on the No. 26 Harvard women’s tennis team, the Crimson faced a tough test on Friday with matches against No. 19 Kentucky and BU. Coming into the spring season, the team incredibly found itself too short on numbers to compete. “This team has been beset by more challenging situations personally than any team I’ve ever seen,” coach Gordon Graham said. “We had four players from the fall who decided to or were unable to play...
...entered play tied with Princeton for first place in the Ancient Eight, but it walked out of the arena as the sole team atop the rankings.In its first home game since December 21, the Crimson squared off against the Tigers to determine the No. 1 team in the conference. Tough defense and sharp shooting made the homecoming even sweeter for the Crimson who ran away with a 80-55 blowout victory over Princeton.The next day, Harvard asserted its position as first in the Ivies with hard-earned 87-74 triumph over Penn.Harvard will be back at home next Friday...