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...time of 23:14, an improvement of 39 seconds over her time from last year’s meet. Both the men and women will return home to run in the New England Championships at Franklin Park in Boston next weekend, which will serve as a tune-up for the illustrious Pre-Nationals Meet the following weekend in Indiana...
Playing in its final tune-up before starting its Ivy League slate against Dartmouth on Friday, the Harvard women’s volleyball team dropped a close five-framer to New Hampshire (UNH) last night at Lundholm Gym in Durham, N.H. Coming off a three-match winless road trip to California, the Crimson (2-5) traveled north for a final chance to pick up a preseason victory against a gritty opponent. Though Harvard fought out of a 2-1 hole to force a deciding fifth game, the Wildcats (3-10) dominated play towards the end of the match...
...count on American players to revive the game's popularity. Sure, a hometown surprise is always possible in Queens. Slumping Andy Roddick took an Open tune-up tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio; Harvard man James Blake, ranked fifth in the world, is a serious threat; and after Andre Agassi's fairy-tale romp to last year's final, you can't discount the 36-year-old in the last tournament of his career. But a stunning American meltdown at Wimby--for the first time in nearly a century, no U.S. man or woman reached the quarterfinals--underscored the fact that...
...baseball tournament. In that game, an 8-5 Havard win, freshman lefthander Hampton Foushee pitched four innings of one-run ball in his first collegiate start. Harvard head coach Joe Walsh will likely use a combination of pitchers today, with the effect of using the occasion as a midweek tune-up against live hitting. No. 1 starter Shawn Haviland, named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week for the second straight week yesterday, will likely make an appearance. —THE CRIMSON STAFF
...Crimson placed fourth out of six teams with a score of 93 points. Brown, MIT and BC took the top three slots with 69, 90, and 93 points, respectively,. Dartmouth and Mass. Maritime Academy rounded out the top six. Although not a qualifying regatta, it provided an important tune-up for Harvard as it readies for Nationals. As it was for those at the NEISA event, getting time away from the calm Charles was an important test for Harvard. “Sailing at MIT was good practice for everyone,” senior Jess Baker said...