Word: upsetness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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HARTFORD, Conn.—There would be no Cinderella upset this year...
After beginning the season 1-10, the Crimson rallied to run off a 13-1 record in Ivy League play and earn an NCAA berth for the first time since 2003. Although Harvard was unable to replicate its miracle upset over Stanford as a No. 16 seed in 1998 yesterday, the big-game experience gained by squad’s young core could play dividends in the near future...
...this time around, but the odds are similarly stacked against Harvard. On Monday, the Selection Committee assigned Harvard a number two seed and matched it with defending national champion Maryland. Once again, it appears that the women are in for a David-versus-Goliath battle. But if the dramatic upset serves as proof, the women have shown already that counting them out early on is a definite mistake...
...fact, Zhang and his teammates were actually the “second”-picked Harvard team, but they upset the first Harvard team in the preliminaries...
...seems this Harvard team finally took it to heart.Either that, or me being out of the country has been the Crimson’s good luck charm throughout the conference schedule. There is, after all, little evidence to the contrary.If Harvard goes on to a first-round upset in the NCAA Tournament – its first since the 1998 shocker over No.1-seeded Stanford – Delaney-Smith might see to it that I’m never allowed back into the country.What with the eternal summer down here, I can?...