Word: tourneys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same thing happened a year ago. The Crimson met UCLA in the first round, lost, and saw UCLA go on to win the tourney. When Harvard received its first invitation to the tournament three years ago, it was Peperdine that dealt the fatal blow...
...Harvard NCAA tournament history has been so disappointing because the Crimson has never been seeded among the 16 teams invited to the tourney, and when the squad's card is drawn from the hat for pairings. Harvard invariably gets paired with a top team. This year the victory over Clemson, which would have heightened chances for a high ranking came too late, and the Crimson's early-season California jaunt didn't produce any upsets over top-ranked squads...
...dramatic 7-6 Minuteman tournament quarterfinal win came just after Harvard had erased a 4-1 halftime deficit and had masterfully taken a 6-5 lead with but seven minutes to play. But when the favored UMass squad, seeded fourth in the national tourney (the Crimson was not seeded), tied the score at 6-6 seconds later, it set the stage for some Minuteman heroics and some Crimson hysterics...
...instead, it will be UMass (now 12-1-1) which will make its first ever trip to the Final Four next weekend at the University of Pennsylvania With Saturday's quarterfinal win, UMass will join Temple, Penn State and Maryland, the tourney's top three seeds, in the showdown for the national title...
...Crimson's top scoring threat. Francesca DenHartog is the tourney's leading scorer through the first round. DenHartog--playing with an injured--led Harvard Wednesday with six goals and one assist in the 9-4 win over Northwestern...