Tag: Penn
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Nation & World
Crimson move into first place in Ivy League
Harvard men’s basketball moved into sole possession of first place in the Ivy League after beating Princeton 69-57 on Saturday, following a Friday night win over Penn, 73-54.
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Nation & World
Penn stuns Harvard, 55-54
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.
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Nation & World
Harvard football wins 14th Ivy title
The Harvard football team clinched its 14th Ivy League championship — its sixth under Tim Murphy — with a 37-20 win against Penn Saturday afternoon at Harvard Stadium.
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Nation & World
Bringing men’s lax back
Third-year head coach John Tillman helps Harvard lacrosse return to national prominence.
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Nation & World
Penn damages football’s title hopes
In a classic “win or go home” battle for the Ivy League Championship, Harvard and Penn went head-to-head for the 80th time on Nov. 14. In the end, Penn was not going home, defeating the Crimson by a score of 17-7.
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Nation & World
Men’s soccer pushes past Penn
Needing one win to claim the Ancient Eight crown and an automatic NCAA playoff berth, freshman defender Richard Smith came up big for the Harvard men’s soccer team against Penn on Nov. 15, netting the game’s only goal in the 68th minute to power the Crimson to a 1-0 victory.
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Nation & World
Crimson prepare for Penn showdown
After the Crimson’s 34-14 victory over Columbia on Nov. 7, only one obstacle still stands in the way of the Harvard football team’s third consecutive Ivy League Championship. That obstacle resides in Philadelphia.
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Nation & World
Women’s soccer sneaks by Penn
The Harvard women’s soccer team started league play with a win on Sept. 26, taking down the Penn Quakers in their Ivy League opener, 3-2.
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Nation & World
Crimson power back to tame Tigers
In basketball, embarrassment can be excruciating, but it can also serve as a powerful motivator. It took an embarrassing first half against Princeton (Feb. 20), in which the Crimson trailed 6-28 at one point, for Harvard to muster a bit of motivation.
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Nation & World
Racquet men blast Quakers, Tigers
In the middle of last Friday’s (April 11) men’s tennis doubles match versus visiting Penn, the electronic scoreboard keeping track of court three stopped working. As the action went on undisrupted, the (temporarily nonfunctioning) scoreboard was hardly missed, or necessary.
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Nation & World
Crimson singled out
A bit of necessary tinkering with the women’s doubles lineup garnered winning results this past weekend for the Crimson in tandem play opposite visiting league foes Penn (April 13) and Princeton (April 14). Unfortunately, Harvard’s unexpectedly efficient and inspired doubles play didn’t necessarily translate into any team victories for the Crimson, who failed to capture…
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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…