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April 23, 2012
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.
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.
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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.
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 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.
Harvard wins The Game, 45-7, over Yale
Harvard fell behind by a touchdown before flexing its muscle as the Ivy League champion Crimson cruised past Yale, 45-7, at Yale Bowl in the 128th edition of The Game.
Harvard rolled to a 24-7 victory against Brown Sept. 23, knotting its season mark at 1-1. The win, after a 30-22 loss to Holy Cross on Sept. 17, was the program’s ninth straight on the heels of a defeat — Harvard hasn’t dropped back-to-back games since 2006.
Members of Manchester United Football Club visited Harvard to conduct a soccer clinic with local youth from the Boston neighborhoods of Allston and Brighton, and to play tourist in Harvard Yard with Harvard President Drew Faust.
Four from Harvard’s heavyweight crew team defeated Oxford Brookes University to win the Prince Albert Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta on Sunday (July 3) on the River Thames.
Five years ago, Andrew Kinard lost his legs in Iraq. After 75 surgeries, he’s tackling other big goals, from a Harvard education to the Boston Marathon.
The Harvard men's soccer team and the Haitian National Team played to a 0-0 tie before more than 11,000 fans at Harvard Stadium Sunday afternoon. Following regulation, the Crimson and Haiti settled the contest in penalty kicks, with the Haitians winning 4-1.
The season will continue for the Harvard men’s basketball team, despite a heartbreaking loss to Princeton on Saturday (March 12) that cost the squad a spot in the NCAA tournament. The Crimson will square off against Oklahoma State on March 15 in the National Invitational Tournament.
What with all the lights, cameras, and raucous action pervading the John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Conn., this Saturday (March 12), one could be forgiven for thinking that the one-game playoff pitting the Harvard men’s basketball team against Princeton was a scripted affair. Unfortunately for the 2011 Ivy League co-champion Crimson, it was the Tigers who managed to score the Hollywood ending.
If it’s winter, it must be the Beanpot
In the Beanpot hockey tournament, the Harvard men rallied to win the consolation game, 5-4, while the women lost, 3-1, in the championship.
The Harvard women’s hockey team edged Northeastern in a Beanpot shootout and now heads for the final.
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