Despite dropping all three contests in the first cycle of its final matchup at the CSA National Championships, the Harvard ...

Though Harvard women’s squash won its first nine matches of the year, the team lost its spot atop both the Ivy League and the national rankings after dropping contests to Yale in both the regular season and the postseason.

Upon graduation, West’s departure left a big question mark at the front of the Crimson lineup. Enter freshman Gary Power. Jumping into untested waters in his first collegiate match, Power dominated at the No. 1 spot, cruising to a 3-0 victory in which his opponent scored a total of only 15 points.

Over 40 Crimson athletes were named first-team All-Ivy during the 2010-2011 seasons. One athlete received the honor twice. Her name is Melanie Baskind. The captain of the Harvard women’s lacrosse team in 2011 and a newly-elected captain of the soccer team had a remarkable junior campaign to say the least.

Princeton foil fencer Hyun-Kyung Yuh came to the piste to face off against Kiefer, but before long Yuh was furiously defending herself against Kiefer’s deft attacks and superior swordsmanship. At the end of that bout, Kiefer recorded the first win of her collegiate career.

Katherine Sheeleigh, the blonde-haired freshman, brought what her teammates called a new competitive fire that landed her the title of Ivy League Rookie of the Year.

In 2010-2011, with Lin graduating and Casey dealing with a foot injury, junior co-captain Keith Wright developed a reliable short jumper, improved his post moves, and became a star.

For the Harvard wrestling team, it was sophomore co-captain Walter Peppelman who stepped into the spotlight in a big way this season, despite the squad’s overall lack of success.

But thanks in large part to senior running back Gino Gordon, the Crimson offense still managed to finish second in the Ivy League in scoring, averaging over 27 points per contest.

Against No. 15 Boston University for third place, victory—let alone a close contest—seemed like a longshot.