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Nation & World
Do-over not kind to Crusaders
Making up for a rained-out appointment with Holy Cross originally scheduled for March 17, the Harvard softball team hosted the Crusaders this past Tuesday afternoon (April 10) for a chilly doubleheader.
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Nation & World
Sports in brief
Senior saberist Tim Hagamen edged Notre Dame’s Patrick Ghattas, 15-14, in the gold medal bout of the NCAA national championships March 23 in Madison, N.J., to become the first Harvard man to win an individual title in the saber event.
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Nation & World
Root, root, root for the umpire
The roar of the crowd may subconsciously influence some referees to give an advantage to the home team, according to a study that examines the results of more than 5,000 soccer matches in the English Premier League. The matches were played between 1992 and 2006, and involved 50 different referees, each of whom had officiated…
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Chu named Kazmaier winner
After having proved herself on the international stage as a two-time Olympic medalist, senior forward Julie Chu recently earned more than a bit of validation as the nation’s top collegiate player by taking home the prestigious Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.
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Terrapins trip up Harvard in Big Dance, 89-65
The defending national champion Maryland women’s basketball team (28-5) outscored the 15th-seeded Harvard Crimson 13-2 in the opening five minutes of the second half en route to an 89-65 victory in first-round NCAA tournament action Sunday afternoon (March 18) at the Hartford Civic Center. The loss marks Harvard’s first in 13 games, eliminating the Ivy…
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Nation & World
Goal busters
At 127:09, Saturday evening’s (March 10) wild marathon featuring the women icers of Harvard vs. Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA tournament appeared to be the result of some sort of daylight-savings glitch. Boasting four overtimes, the game lasted so long (four and a half hours including breaks) that the Kohl Center’s stat-tracking…
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Nation & World
Slippin’ and slidin’
Allston-Brighton’s youngest hockey fans and their families enjoyed skating on Crimson ice at the 18th Allston-Brighton Family Skating Party at Harvard last week. The annual event, held at the Bright Hockey Center, is a popular night out for neighboring families.
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Nation & World
MAC moves equipment to QRAC and Gordon
Following the closing of the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) the week of March 19, MAC equipment will be made available to recreational users at the QRAC (66 Garden St.) and the Gordon Indoor Track and Tennis facility (65 N. Harvard St.).
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Nation & World
Whirl domination
Moments after guiding the Harvard women’s basketball team to a March 2 victory over visiting Cornell to snatch up the 2007 Ivy League championship — the program’s 10th — coach Kathy Delaney-Smith was already looking ahead to the Crimson’s two remaining games of the season. The Crimson mentor may have been pleased with Harvard’s 64-48…
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HBS sponsors program for NFL pros
Is there life after pro football? The Harvard Business School (HBS) thinks so. For the third year, it’s sponsoring an executive education program for young athletes from the National Football League. In separate three-day modules, one in February and another in April, experts help the players conserve and invest the dollars they earn on the…
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Nation & World
Sports briefs
Women’s hockey selected at-large pick Icer sweep sets up quarterfinal appearance Squash takes men’s, women’s individual titles
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Nation & World
Fencers split at North Champs
On a weekend where every touch was fought with intensity and passion, great respect was manifest but no love was lost between Ivy League fencing rivals Harvard and Columbia. The two schools, after all, were battling for supremacy at the Ivy League North Championship (Feb. 25) at Harvard’s Gordon Track and Field Center.
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Nation & World
Harvard athletes grow bigger, better hearts
Strenuous exercise can cause a heart to grow as much as 10 percent and its chambers to enlarge, Harvard researchers have discovered after testing the University’s athletes. What they are learning from these studies could someday be applied to advising nonathletes about caring for their hearts.
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Nation & World
Losses bookend water polo outing
Harvard women’s water polo kicked off its 2007 campaign with a 3-2 showing at the Brown-hosted Ivy League invitational this past weekend (Feb. 9-11), ultimately falling to the host Bears, 11-4, in the championship meet. The Crimson squad advanced to Sunday’s title game (Feb. 11) on the strength of three straight wins against Villanova, Dartmouth,…
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Nation & World
Some consolation
Harvard’s top line of Julie Chu ’07, Sarah Vaillancourt ’09, and Sarah Wilson ’09 combined for 14 points to propel hockey past Northeastern, 8-0, in the consolation game of the 29th annual women’s Beanpot at B.C.’s Conte Forum on Tuesday night (Feb. 13).
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Nation & World
No consolation
Northeastern tallied two unanswered goals over the second and third stanzas to get past Harvard, 3-1, in the consolation game of the 55th annual men’s Beanpot this past Monday night (Feb. 12) at TD Banknorth Garden.
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Nation & World
Happy new year
With all the subtlety of a slam dunk, the Harvard women’s basketball team shot into first place in the Ivy rankings following a two-game home sweep against Princeton and Penn this past Friday and Saturday (Feb. 9-10). Really, though, Harvard’s spirited play and subsequent rise to the top might be better characterized as a blindfolded…
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Nation & World
Feeling the noise
No matter how fiercely coaches may preach to their players about the virtues of shutting out the noise come game time, the clatter surrounding the annual Beanpot tournament – that madcap midterm examination of Boston collegiate hockey – is tough to shush. What with all the media coverage surrounding the 55-year-old event, together with the…
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Nation & World
MAC gears up for March closing, start of renovation
The Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) will close for renovations the week of March 19 and will remain closed through the end of October. This scheduled closing has been set back from the originally published February date to help provide greater flexibility in the relocation of existing programs.
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Sports briefs
Chu ignites comeback victory; Jewish Sports Hall of Fame set to honor Altchek; Preston propels grapplers past Army; Aquatic life lessons
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Nation & World
Way to go: ovations, victory ease center’s exit
Playing in his final game in a Harvard uniform against visiting Brown this past Saturday (Jan. 27), hugely productive big man Brian Cusworth ’07 fouled out with just 1:34 remaining. With Cusworth tied to the bench, the Bears wasted little time exploiting the shot-blocking tyrant’s absence, cutting an 81-75 deficit to a two-point differential with…
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Nation & World
Sports in brief
Women golfers smash records at Dartmouth Invite, Freshmen lift soccer past Vermont
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Nation & World
Gift from Jordans advances FAS, health research
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and disease-fighting researchers across Harvard are the recipients of Jerry and Darlene Jordan’s recent $10 million gift to the University. The gift is just the latest expression of the Jordans’ generosity: Over the years, Jerry ’61, M.B.A. ’67, and Darlene Jordan have funded financial aid, athletics, and other…
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Nation & World
Crimson get set for icy rivalry
The Harvard men’s and women’s hockey teams will battle Boston University for Beantown bragging rights early next week in the opening rounds of the 54th and 26th annual Beanpot Tournaments, respectively.
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Nation & World
Harvard Runs Past Cornell With Four Rushing TDs, 28-10
In a battle of Ivy League unbeatens, freshman defensive back Brian Owusu picked off two passes and freshman running back Treavor Scales scored two touchdowns as Harvard downed Cornell, 28-10,…
