http://www.thecrimson.com/sports.aspx The Harvard Crimson :: The University Daily Since 1873 Copyright 2009, The Harvard Crimson, Inc. Once an Ivy League sleeper pick, the Lions have regressed after early success and are now fighting to stay out of the Ancient Eight basement. But it would be a mistake for the Crimson to take its trip to New York lightly. With its game against Penn, the Crimson’s dangerous companion atop the Ivy standings, looming in Week 9, Harvard needs to keep the momentum going and trounce Columbia the same way it plowed through Princeton and Dartmouth in its last two contests. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529950 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:28:24 GMT One team came into the season with a veteran offense and the make-up of a dark horse Ivy League contender. The other came in with a title to defend and an untested quarterback. It was anyone’s guess who would still be undefeated at this point. Despite how the season has played out, Harvard (5-2, 4-0 Ivy) cannot take Columbia (2-5, 1-3 Ivy) for granted this weekend. While the Lions’ record may not show it, the team is not short on talent on either side of the ball. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529949 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:26:27 GMT Facing two ECAC opponents this weekend, the Crimson men’s hockey team will attempt to replicate last week’s win over Dartmouth. Harvard (1-0, 1-0 ECAC) will face Colgate (2-2-3) tonight and archrival No. 5 Cornell (1-0) on Saturday. The two New York road contests will be the first games away from the Bright Hockey Center this season. Last year, the Crimson went 0-11-5 away from home. With this in mind, the players acknowledge the added challenge of attaining victories this weekend. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529948 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:23:26 GMT As Harvard students, we have the option to take time off and travel anywhere in the world. Timbuktu...Bora Bora...northern California? Junior Janie D’Ambrosia of Radcliffe heavyweight crew took a break from Cambridge this past spring to experience the latter. D’Ambrosia worked at Emandal, an organic farm located outside of Mendocino County, Calif. Looking to escape campus, D’Ambrosia traveled to Emandal, an organic farm located outside Mendocino Co., Calif, as part of WWOOF, the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529941 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:35:17 GMT The urge to compete, the will to persevere, the need to belong, the desire to be loved—one or more of these forces drive most of the athletes on this planet to continuously do what they do. These passionate sentiments are what constitute the “glory days,” what many sportsmen consciously consider to be the greatest periods of their lives. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529940 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:34:05 GMT Cheng Ho deserves better than this. After coming to the United States not knowing English, let alone football, he helped Harvard to back-to-back Ivy League titles in 2007 and 2008. With all the odds he’s already overcome, the senior running back deserves better than to watch his career end with a lisfranc (mid-foot) sprain suffered last week during practice. But true to form, Cheng Ho refuses to say goodbye to the team and the sport that have meant so much to him. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529939 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:32:45 GMT It used to be that a date with Cornell was a near-guaranteed win for the Harvard women’s hockey team. The Crimson had the Big Red’s number of late, winning 10 straight contests over the last three seasons—including sweeping Cornell out of the last two conference playoffs. And when Harvard traveled to Ithaca last weekend, the cards seemed to be stacked in its favor. The Crimson was picked to finish second in the ECAC this year; the Big Red was expected to finish seventh. Plus Cornell’s biggest threat, forward Rebecca Johnston, is away from the team this season to train with the Canadian Olympic squad. But this time, history didn’t repeat itself. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529913 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:41:32 GMT Kwaku Nyamekye has spent much of his Harvard soccer career as an unsung hero, helping to cement the Crimson back line during the last four years. “For a defender to get recognition is a tough thing in soccer,” Harvard coach Jamie Clark said. “Shutouts are associated with goal keepers, and goals are associated with forwards. Defenders often don’t get the recognition they deserve.” But this weekend, in a pivotal game against No. 21 Dartmouth (8-5-1, 3-2 Ivy), Nyamekye exploded into the spotlight, scoring an early goal for the No. 16 Crimson (11-3-1, 3-1-1) and making a goal-line save to protect the Harvard victory over the Big Green. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529912 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:39:03 GMT It may have been senior night for the Harvard field hockey team last night at Jordan Field, but it was the underclassmen who gave the Crimson an opportunity to win the game. Down 4-2 to University of New Hampshire (12-6, 3-2 America East) in the second half, Harvard sophomores Carly Dickson and Allie Kimmel scored two goals in the match’s final 24 minutes to send the game into overtime. Alas, the Harvard comeback would not be completed, as UNH scored a golden goal in just the 7th minute of overtime to give the Wildcats the 5-4 victory, dropping Harvard to 5-11 (2-4 Ivy) in the team’s final home game of the season. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529911 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:36:37 GMT As November brings low temperature and swirling winds to the Charles River, the average person might be hesitant to get on the water. But the Harvard sailing team is more than happy to stay on the river for another two weeks. Forced to overcome biting, difficult conditions this past weekend at three regattas, the Crimson stepped up in its biggest races, notching a fourth-place team finish at the Erwin Schell Trophy to qualify the co-ed squad for the Atlantic Coast Championships at home on Nov. 14. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529885 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:10:39 GMT