Scott A. Sherman

Oftentimes the best rivalries are between intrastate competitors. Such will be the case tomorrow afternoon when the No. 12 Harvard men’s lacrosse team takes on No. 18 Massachusetts.

The talented yet inconsistent junior goalie Kyle Richter had the best two-game stretch of his season last weekend in the first round of the ECAC playoffs, recording 33 and 37 saves respectively on back-to-back nights as Harvard swept the Princeton Tigers.

After a convincing sweep of the Princeton Tigers in the first round of the ECAC playoffs last weekend, the No. 4 Harvard women’s hockey team only has one thing on its mind as it moves on in the tournament: retribution.

Brandyn Curry had the biggest weekend of his Harvard career last Friday and Saturday night as he torched Ivy rivals Brown and Yale for a total of 36 points despite just playing 26.5 minutes per game.

Facing St. Lawrence in a match in which it could have locked up home ice in the first round of the ECAC playoffs with a win, the Crimson came out flat and didn’t recover until it was too late, falling, 4-3, in Canton, N.Y.

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.

Hockey has always been in Conor Morrison’s blood. His father, Dave, played in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings and the Vancouver Canucks in the early ’80s, and his grandfather, Jim, was a three-time All Star who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, and New York Rangers over his 12 season career.

While most of their teammates are relaxing during the offseason, 40 National Football League players spent this week at the Harvard Business School participating in the Business Management and Entrepreneurial Program.

For the first time in eight years, a freshman has been named the men’s basketball Ivy League Player of the Week.

Sometimes, in sports, it seems that one team will always have another team’s number.