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Though Harvard (3-2, 1-0 Ivy) is certainly at a low point in its young season, UConn (5-2, 1-0 Big East) is starting to put it together. But much of its success has come at the expense of lesser opponents. Just like the Crimson, the Huskies have lost both of their matches against nationally-ranked opponents—No. 6 Penn State and No. 7 Old Dominion...
...leaps and bounds ahead of where Harvard finished a year ago, when the team didn’t even qualify for the Sweet Sixteen, losing in the regionals to UConn...
...over par, beat UConn’s Justin Ciombor by a single stroke, making Klein the first Crimson golfer to win a tournament since Alex Gonzalez ’98. Overall, Harvard placed fifth, with a score of 307-318-625, 13 strokes behind champion UConn...
...Still, UConn's approach has not been entirely without friction. Prior to 1997, the men's and women's crew teams were club sports, meaning they were not financially supported by the athletic department, did not participate in NCAA-sponsored competitions and were not included in the school's Title IX compliance numbers. But when the women's team was upgraded to varsity level, it received new boats, uniforms and a travel budget, while the men got nothing. The men's team had owned the lease on the boathouse that the two rowing squads shared, but the university purchased...
...overcome than who gets to use the boathouse. For instance, it's still hard to recruit enough women players, and it seems that those who do sign up are less willing than men to "ride the bench," or sit on the sidelines while the stars play. Says Pat Babcock, UConn's senior administrator for women's sports: "We ask our women's coaches to carry a lot of players, but the five or six who don't get into an event are apt to go off and do other activities rather than stay on a team for which they...