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...modern world. Today the grand champion of Japan hails from Mongolia, and as U.S. team coach Yoshisada Yonezuka puts it, "Big guys smash into each other" in sumo rings from Poland to Brazil. Elite-level sumo came to the U.S. for the first time in 20 years with a tournament this month in Las Vegas. Now there's the Sumo Ultimate Masters Organization (S.U.M.O.), a new U.S.-based league with global aspirations and the backing of the International Sumo Federation, one of the sport's governing bodies. In New York City last weekend, wrestlers from nine nations, including Georgia...
...Nineteenth seed Chris Clayton and junior Scott Denenberg advanced to the third round, but both fell in straight sets. In the doubles draw, the No. 9 pair of Ermakov and senior Brian Wan defeated the No. 7 pair from Virginia Tech, 8-6, to advance to the quarterfinals. The tournament runs through tomorrow. —REBECCA A. SEESEL
...Lynzee Keever, Marshall’s No. 1, before winning again yesterday to join her teammates in the Sweet 16. The combination of co-captains Anderson and Elsa O’Riain, seeded No. 1 in the doubles draw following impressive showings in this fall’s tournament circuit, cut through the first two rounds to move to the field of 16. “We didn’t really expect straightaway to play so well,” O’Riain said. “But we’ve gelled quickly [and] now we expect...
...goal line.The Crimson players have little time to feel sorry for themselves after the loss to the Tigers. Harvard will host Dartmouth next weekend before closing out the season at Columbia, and the team feels optimistic about its chances of getting an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament if it can win both of those games.“I think they’re going to feel the pain of the loss initially, but then they’re going to see [that] we did things today that were inspiring and motivating—things we haven?...
...games this year have been contests decided by one point. Three of them have gone to at least one overtime. Out of those nine games, seven have been losses. Five of those losses have been shutouts. After winning the Ivy League and going to the NCAA Tournament in 2004, McDavitt, Sackovich, and Connolly exemplified how the Crimson has heroically trudged through its most trying season in years. Saturday afternoon was supposed to provide a highlight. Harvard could have attached a memorable footnote to this 2005 season by upsetting a team that has historically owned the Crimson and the rest...