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Harvard’s recent two-loss week, which included the gut-wrenching triple-overtime defeat against BC in the Beanpot’s opening round last Tuesday and an upset at Colgate, did not affect the squad in the national rankings, as the Crimson remained perched at sixth in the new poll released Monday...
...this ideal into Ivy wins.The test begins next week, playing at Ivy rivals Brown (7-16, 2-6 Ivy) and first-place Yale (10-11, 6-2).THE LONG AND WINDING ROADHarvard began its non-conference season with stiff road tests: playing against a Vermont squad that had just upset Boston College and a Central Connecticut State team that had beaten the Crimson in Lavietes the year before.The result: Harvard took out the Cantamounts, 84-76, in overtime and came back from 18 down to defeat the Blue Devils, 72-65.An ideal was formed from these games that the team...
Even Jesse Jackson, who is often viewed as a polarizing figure, transcended the racial divide with his stunning upset of Michael Dukakis in the 1988 Michigan caucus. Not only did he win landslide victories in Detroit, but he also drew a surprising measure of white support in the Upper Peninsula, and in cities like Kalamazoo, Ann Arbor, and Saginaw. Like Patrick and Obama, Jackson’s popularity was based on the broad appeal of his message, which focused on jobs, a higher minimum wage, education, housing, and day care for working women. These examples reveal that black candidates...
...Although was 7-2, it should have been a 5-4 match,” Crimson coach Satinder Bajwa said. “Next time we play them [in this weekend’s Howe Cup], if those matches go our way, we will have a good chance to upset them. There is a lot of hope that we’re capable of playing them again and turning the tables.”PENN 6, HARVARD 3Though Harvard managed two wins in the top four matches, the Quakers (8-1, 5-1) clinched the contest, 6-3. Despite...
...tomorrow evening for the Beanpot’s consolation match against Northeastern and will conclude conference play this weekend at Bright Hockey Center against Yale and Brown.COLGATE 3, HARVARD 1 Colgate was a model of consistency in its first ever win against Harvard, scoring once in each period to upset the Crimson at Starr Rink. “Overall, our team did not do a great job of possessing the puck,” Chu said. “We had moments when we were all on the same page and then moments when we gave the puck back...