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By Christina C. Mcclintock
Feb. 26, 2010
Junior Jess Halpern and senior Jason Duboe will provide key veteran leadership on a pair of young Crimson lacrosse squads.
It’s the spring of 1995, and all across the East Coast young lacrosse players are cradling sticks they can barely lift, scrambling for ground balls, and chewing through orange mouth guards. Far off the lacrosse radar, in Long Grove, Illinois, is a boy who will grow up to be a bigger college lacrosse star than nearly all of them.
His name is Jason Duboe, and right now he’s wearing a baseball mitt. The youngster, undersized but speedy, is playing shortstop when someone hits a deep ball.
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By Martin Kessler
Feb. 26, 2010
The Harvard women's lacrosse team welcomes nine freshmen to its roster. The class, whose standouts hail primarily from New York, will look to make a big impact from the first game, as the youngsters figure to see significant playing time.
Returning the conference’s most prolific scorer, an experienced head coach, and two battle-tested goalkeepers, the Harvard women’s lacrosse team appears to have the experience necessary to be an Ivy League contender.
But if the Crimson hopes to find itself atop the Ancient Eight at season’s end, it will need help from a far more inexperienced group—its freshman class.
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By Scott A. Sherman
Feb. 26, 2010
With an infusion of youth and a large crop of veteran talent, Harvard looks to shake up the Ivy standings and make it back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006.
Coming off a 2009 season in which it surpassed all expectations, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team is geared up for an even bigger and better run in 2010.
After finishing the season ranked 17th in the country with an 8-5 record, the team earned a No. 12 ranking in the LaxNews and Inside Lacrosse 2010 preseason national polls.
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By Jessica L. Flakne
Feb. 26, 2010
Senior Ben Smith hopes to have an impact both on and off the field in his last season with the Crimson.
The sun beats down on a dirt-covered Ben Smith and several of his exhausted-looking Harvard lacrosse teammates. Sundays are normally a day off for most college sports teams; a day for each player to rest, recover, and think only about himself. But this is not the case for the Crimson—a team whose goal is to be more than average.
These guys are workhorses, physically fit and trained to carry out a specific task—play together to win. But today they have traded their sticks in for hammers and wrenches to help build a house with Habitat for Humanity.
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By Molly E. Kelly
Feb. 26, 2010
The Harvard women's lacrosse team kicks off its 2010 season tomorrow looking to shake things up in a competitive Ivy League. Will a few key returnees and 10 talented new athletes, the squad will look to move up in the standings this season.
Netting a goal in the final second of its last game of the 2009 season, the Harvard women’s lacrosse team ended things with a bang, capturing a 9-8 win over Boston College. The victory capped off a rollercoaster of a season, as the team experienced exciting upsets and many tough losses. The Crimson wrapped up the season 6-10 overall and 2-5 in the Ivy League.
Although a rollercoaster can provide thrills, Harvard hopes for a steadier performance this year, beginning with its first game tomorrow at UMass in Amherst.
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