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By: Sarah Sweeney/
May 3, 2012
The Harvard men’s soccer team took on the Haiti National Team in a match to benefit the Haitian Football Federation and Partners In Health April 22 at Harvard Stadium.
Harvard’s baseball team took batting practice at Fenway Park to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first game played there, which Harvard lost to the forbears of the Red Sox, 2-0.
Building endurance, step by step
Harvard Stadium is an iconic structure, and not just for the sports that happen on the field. To a community dedicated to running “the stadium steps,” the real athletes are in the stands.
The men’s and women’s teams teach lessons to the community in the spring and fall to help fund their training trips in winter.
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Haitian National Soccer Team vs. Harvard
The Haitian National Soccer Team will take on the Harvard Crimson on April 22 for the second annual Haiti Leve (Haiti Rises) match at Harvard Stadium. Proceeds from this exhibition game will benefit Partners In Health's work in Haiti.
In its first trip to the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Championship tournament in decades, the Harvard men's team slashed an 18-point deficit to 5 before falling to heralded Vanderbilt, 79-70. Despite the loss, the Crimson and their fans can look back on an Ivy title and a record 26 wins — and forward to a bright future.
Picked to finish last, men’s hockey makes late-season run in ECAC playoffs, finishing one win shy of the national tournament
Women’s basketball sets record
Harvard women's basketball team knocked off Hofstra Thursday night, 73-71, to become the first team in Ivy League history to record a win in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) on Thursday.
Season to remember comes to a halt
Laurent Rivard had 20 points, but the 12th-seeded Harvard men's basketball team fell in the second round of the NCAA tournament to No. 5 seed Vanderbilt by a score of 79-70 Thursday evening at University Arena.
The Harvard men's basketball team was awarded a 12 seed in the NCAA basketball tournament and will travel to Albuquerque, N.M., to take on No. 5 Vanderbilt in the second round, the NCAA announced Sunday.
Men’s hockey makes ECAC semifinals
David Valek scored a hat trick, and Alex Killorn added two goals and two assists to lead the Harvard men's hockey team to an 8-2 win against rival Yale on Sunday in the deciding game of an ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series.
Running, jumping, throwing to glory
Extending what’s become a banner year for Harvard’s athletics, the men’s and women’s track and field teams have been breaking University records left and right.
Ivy champs look to ‘Big Dance’
The Harvard men’s basketball team won the Ivy League championship outright this year — the first time in program history — and secured the Crimson’s first trip to the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Championship since 1946.
Oliver McNally made four free throws in the final seconds and scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half, while Brandyn Curry drained four 3-pointers, finishing with 12 points, as the Harvard men's basketball team clinched at least a share of its second straight Ivy League title with a 67-63 win at Cornell Saturday evening.
In OT thriller, Harvard upends Columbia, 77-70
Keith Wright scored 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting and had eight rebounds, while Kyle Casey had 19 points, as the Harvard men's basketball team earned a 77-70 win in overtime on the road at Columbia Friday.
The Harvard men's basketball team controlled much of the second half, but Ivy League rival Penn scored 15 of the last 20 points to stun the Crimson, 55-54 on Feb 25. The Crimson face Columbia on March 2.
Harvard tennis pro nabs honors
Harvard’s Head Tennis Professional Michael L. Mercier has been named Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) Member of the Year for the State.
Two high school friends brought an old-fashioned backyard tossing game with them when they entered Harvard, and now it’s an official club sport.
Crimson forward Victoria Lippert, set to pass the 1,000-point scoring milestone, has other interests too, ranging from volunteer work to crime-fighting technology.
The Crimson toppled Dartmouth and next take on George Washington University in a sold-out game on Jan. 14.
With both the men’s and women’s squash teams still undefeated, the teams look to capitalize on their momentum when the season resumes after winter break.
Harvard basketball makes history
For the first time in program history, the Harvard men’s basketball team is ranked in the AP and ESPN/USA Today coaches' national polls. The Crimson appears at No. 25 in the country in the AP rankings and No. 24 in the coaches' poll.
A top swimmer with hopes for a national title, Chuck Katis also oversees The Magic of Miracles, a nonprofit that entertains sick children.
Harvard men win Battle 4 Atlantis
The Harvard men's basketball team bested Central Florida, 59-49, in the championship game of the inaugural Battle 4 Atlantis tournament Nov. 26.
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