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With the most reliable starter gone from a pitching staff that posted a collective 5.28 ERA a year ago, the Bulldogs, with the exception of closer Brett Rosenthal, are unsettled on the mound. But speedy Josh Cox returns atop the Yale batting order, and 1B Marc Sawyer, owner of a lifetime .363 batting average, is back in the middle...
Harvard appears ready to step into that void. The Crimson not only has talented players at all positions but stands to benefit greatly from the new division alignment. It gets four games against Yale, Brown, and Dartmouth, three of the weaker teams in the league, while avoiding powerhouses Princeton and Cornell. That combination should earn Harvard a berth in the inaugural Ivy Championship, where, presumably, anything can happen...
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...went just 3-11 in league play. The Bulldogs are off to a 10-2 start this year, but before anyone gets too excited, it should be noted that this team started 9-1 a year ago and was 21-11 before getting run over by its Ivy competitors. Yale does return its top pitcher in Rebecca Wojciak and two talented hitters in Megan Enyeart and catcher Katie Edwards...
...division structures are the same as baseball’s, putting the Crimson in a division with Yale, Brown, and Dartmouth. Defending champion Princeton, last year’s runner-up Cornell, Columbia, and Penn make up the other division. At the end of the season, the winners of each division will meet in a best-of-three series to determine the league champion and winner of its NCAA berth...