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...began with the national quarterfinals in 2005, the first year the NCAA field expanded to eight teams, with Harvard hosting upstart Mercyhurst. The tenacious Lakers poured in four goals in regulation, matched tit-for-tat by a quartet of scores from Crimson winger Nicole Corriero ’05 (part of her record-setting total of 59 goals that year...
Kevdog's Ballers has most of its eggs in one basket: the blue and white one marked Yale. Reyes' team has relied on the contributions of the upstart Bulldogs' three best players--swingmen Casey Hughes and Caleb Holmes and speedy junior guard Eric Flato--to challenge for the league lead. That trio is aided by the Big Red's outstanding freshman Ryan Wittman, who leads the Ancient Eight in three-point conversions, and Brown guard Marcus Becker, with solid Princeton forward Luke Owings on reserve as insurance or possible trade bait...
...glad she’s playing for our team and not someone else.”And with Harvard tied with Princeton for first in the Ivies, Moretzsohn will be a definite asset on the road to a possible Ivy League title for this upstart Crimson squad. —Staff Writer Vincent R. Oletu can be reached at voletu@fas.harvard.edu
...Colgate has used upset wins over the first-place Big Green and the fourth-place Saints, coupled with a 10-2-1 mark against the league’s bottom two-thirds, to move into a second-place tie with Harvard in the conference standings. Neither front-runner nor upstart, the Crimson’s upcoming opponents are studies in the final two levels of quality in the league—the opportunist and the doormat. Union is definitively the latter; the Dutchwomen are working on an astounding streak of 58 straight losses in league play, dating back to February...
...Regardless of who planted the bombs, the violence has shaken a country that had been trying to mend its international reputation following the military coup. Thailand remains a regional manufacturing hub, but competition from China, India and even upstart Vietnam is threatening profits. Complicating matters are efforts by the military-installed government to reform the finance sector in ways that may penalize the very foreign companies needed to keep investment flowing into Thailand. Proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act, for example, could force thousands of foreign firms to sell shares to Thai locals if they wish to continue operating...