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...coed team’s second engagement of the weekend also came in the Ocean State, where it sailed for the Moody Trophy at URI. The result—a seventh-place finish—was disappointing, but it was buoyed by a strong finish from Harvard’s B boat, captained by freshman Sloan Devlin and crewed by classmate Mallory Greimann. The duo managed to nab fifth place, helped largely by the second-place finish the tandem managed to post on each day of competition...
...four stumbled off the line and was forced to play catch-up for the entire Grand Finals. Although Princeton’s A boat was far in front, the team again put on a strong sprint, passing the Tigers’ B boat and nearly catching third-place finisher URI...
Both teams battled the rain as well as the pitchers at the plate all day, mustering only three hits apiece. URI, however, was able to produce runs while Harvard left all five of its baserunners stranded on the afternoon...
...knew coming into the game that URI liked to play this type of a game on the bases,” Harvard coach Joe Walsh said. “I think that Rhode Island coach Frank Leoni is the best coach in New England and I would like to see our team be able to manufacture runs like that. But if we know that’s what is coming, we have to be able to stop...
Harvard lost out to New England schools Yale and Rhode Island for NCAA at-large berths. Rhode Island was selected over Harvard despite having a far weaker schedule and a worse record against common opponents. But URI (15-5-1) had a far better overall record than Harvard (8-7-1), a better record against teams under NCAA consideration and just as many wins as Harvard against NCAA-bound teams. That was enough for the Rams to earn the at-large berth under the NCAA’s selection criteria...