Notebooks
NOTEBOOK: Chapple Stakes Claim to Starting Job
It appears as if Harvard senior quarterback Collier Winters may have been “Wally Pipped.”
Crimson Readies for League Opener
With the Crimson’s Ivy League opener against Yale on Saturday in New Haven, Junot emphasized maintaining a strong game plan as a key goal of this matchup in preparation for the weekend.
Experimentation Pays Off for Leone
The women’s soccer team’s preseason made it clear that Harvard coach Ray Leone had some kinks to work out.
Backup QB Chapple Shines as Starter
Colton Chapple did not know that he was definitely playing until right before kickoff of Friday night’s Ivy home opener ...
Crusaders Unveil Harvard Weaknesses
For the first five minutes of the game, it felt like it was all Holy Cross. For the rest of the first quarter, Harvard held all the momentum and looked to be running away with the game. But with 17 points in the second quarter, the Crusaders controlled the afternoon from then on.
NOTEBOOK: Harvard Needs To Put Away Chances
In Sunday afternoon’s 2-1 loss to Rhode Island, the Harvard men’s soccer team proved unable to recover from its self-inflected wounds in spite of its hard-pressing offense and numerous scoring opportunities. With the loss, the Crimson drops to 1-2 this season.
NOTEBOOK: Two Teams Engage In Shooting Battle
In Saturday afternoon’s 13-12 loss to Cornell, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team was unable to swing the momentum in its direction for long enough to hold onto the win.
NOTEBOOK: Shooting Strokes Falter Against Tigers
In last night’s 63-62 loss to Princeton, one of the Harvard men’s basketball team’s greatest strengths this season proved to be one of its biggest problems.
NOTEBOOK: Sophomores Lead the Way for Harvard
With the Harvard men’s basketball team’s 79-67 win over Princeton Saturday, the Crimson earned itself at least a share of the Ivy League title. But as soon as tomorrow evening, Harvard could find itself in sole possession of the Ancient Eight crown.
NOTEBOOK: Stellar Play in Opening Half Propels Crimson Over Penn
Any concern that Harvard men’s basketball would overlook Penn in anticipation of league-leader Princeton was wiped away in the first ...
NOTEBOOK: Crimson Overcomes Defensive Lapses
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—It felt like Groundhog Day at the Pizzitola Sports complex on Friday.
NOTEBOOK: Defensive Effort Leads Crimson to Road Win
NEW YORK, N.Y.—A squad vaunted for its ability to rain down three pointers and set up highlight reel dunks, Harvard ...
NOTEBOOK: Resilient Junior Co-Captain Helps Crimson Drop Cornell
When junior co-captain Oliver McNally had to be helped off the floor after suffering an ankle injury during last weekend’s matchup with Brown, some Harvard fans wondered whether they would see McNally on the court again this season.
Schaus Leads BC To Beanpot Title
While both goaltenders made impressive saves over the course of the night, the silver medalist won the cage match with a 31-save performance that secured her team its fourth Beanpot title and earned her the Joe Bertagna Goaltending Award as the best goaltender.
NOTEBOOK: Big Men Dominate Rivalry Matchup
Friday night’s game between Harvard men’s basketball and Yale carried big implications for the Ivy title race, but both teams’ ...
NOTEBOOK: Crimson Charges Back in Shootout
The Harvard women’s hockey team has become accustomed to collecting wins in the Beanpot semifinals—in fact, it’s done so in the last four seasons. But no previous win was quite like this one.
Princeton Frontcourt Too Much To Handle
Princeton came up big against the Harvard men’s basketball team Friday night, quite literally.
Rosen Driving Force Behind Quaker Surge
Instead, what the Crimson will take from its 83-82 double-overtime victory is most likely a lesson about the challenge of holding a lead on the home turf of one of the league’s premier playmakers: Zack Rosen.
Faculty Notebook: Professors Debate Honors Criteria
“I have been teaching at Harvard for 37 years now, and the two students I’ve taught who have had the biggest impact on the world didn’t even earn their degrees, much less with honors,” Computer Science Professor Harry R. Lewis ’68 wrote in an e-mail to the Crimson after the meeting.
Ivy Fortunes Turned Upside Down
One year ago, a raucous Lavietes Pavilion crowd was silenced by a loaded Cornell squad that shot over 50 percent ...
NOTEBOOK: Veterans Lead Harvard Over BC, Again
For the third straight season, the Harvard men’s basketball team bested Boston College on the road, grabbing the 78-69 victory last night at Conte Forum.
NOTEBOOK: Crimson Tops BCS Foe For Fourth Straight Year
For the fourth straight season, the Crimson took down a school from a power conference, this time beating Colorado at Lavietes Pavilion yesterday, 82-66.
NOTEBOOK: Iannuzzi Provides Spark in Return
In his final game in a Crimson uniform, Harvard wide receiver Marco Iannuzzi showed his team exactly what it had been missing since he was sidelined by a broken collarbone.
Curry, Wright Step Up in Harvard Win
During the 2009-10 Harvard men’s basketball season, only one Crimson player managed to record a double-double. Through just two games this season, two Crimson players have reached the milestone.