Word: tournament
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...seeded Crimson (20-13) garnered a second-place finish at the Ivy League Championship yesterday afternoon at Dartmouth, losing to top-ranked Princeton (23-6) in five tough games, 9-15, 15-13, 15-7, 10-15, 10-15. The Crimson's only two losses at the double-elimination tournament came at the hands of the Tigers...
...captain Linda Jellison and sophomore outside hitter Erin Denniston earned spots on the All-Tournament Team for their stellar efforts this weekend. In the final match against Princeton, Jellison chalked up 21 kills and 12 digs, and Denniston added 18 kills to the Harvard attack...
...just moved on to the next match after Penn," Jellison said. "You just can't look back when you're playing in a [double-elimination] tournament. We just told ourselves that our match against Penn was going to be a warm-up and that we couldn't look at the match before or at the match afterwards. We just had to focus on each match as we played...
...second match of the tournament, Harvard defeated Brown in five games, 15-7, 14-16, 5-15, 15-11, 15-11. The Crimson avenged a tough five-game loss to the Bears at the end of the regular season that prevented Harvard from winning the top seed at the Ivy tournament...
Harvard's win against the Dartmouth set the Crimson up for another showdown against Princeton, whom it had beat in the regular season in three easy games. Because the Crimson was now playing in the consolation bracket because of the earlier loss in the tournament to the Tigers, Harvard would have had to win its fifth-round match against the Tigers and then another best-of-three-game tie-breaking match in order to decide the champion...