Crimson sophomore forward Connor McCarthy redirected the ball towards the net, where the Raiders’ goalie was unable to completely stop its trajectory.After a brief moment of absolute silence during which it was unclear if a goal was scored, the Harvard sideline erupted.With four seconds remaining, the game was tied at three.

After taking Princeton (10-5, 3-0 Ivy) to a fifth set in a losing effort on Friday, the Harvard women’s volleyball team (8-5, 1-2) pulled it together to take down Penn (5-8, 1-2) in its third consecutive five-set game.

The Harvard men’s golf team got off to a sluggish start on a wet and rainy day at the Course at Yale, playing its way to a fifth-place finish at the MacDonald Cup this past weekend.

After beating Brown on Saturday, the Harvard field hockey team defeated Vermont, 2-1, in overtime.

Harvard (5-3, 2-1 Ivy) took a dominant step forward on Saturday as it crushed Brown (1-8, 0-3), 4-0.

The Crimson men turned in an impressive ninth place finish, and the women’s squad finished 14th in a deep field that included four of the nation’s ten top-ranked teams.

The Crimson (2-5-1) was unable to protect its early lead against crosstown rivals Boston University (3-5-0), falling 2-1 last night.

Looking to prove that it has what it takes to be one of the country’s top teams, the Harvard sailing team entered the third week of its fall schedule still searching for its first top finish. The practice that the sailors put in the last couple of weeks paid off, as the Crimson finally grabbed its first regatta win of the season.

To kick off the 2011-2012 season, the Crimson men’s tennis team hosted some of the nation’s best collegiate tennis programs this weekend at the annual Harvard Chowder Fest tournament held at Beren Tennis Center.

Harvard (2-4-1) fell to Stanford Friday night, 1-0, before escaping Santa Clara Sunday with a scoreless draw, despite being outshot by a three-to-one margin by the No. 25 Broncos.