Columbia stalled the Crimson offense Saturday night, as Harvard failed to find its scoring stroke, finishing with its second lowest point total of the Ivy season so far.

Playing in just his second match, Ali Farag beat CSA Individual Champion and top-ranked player in the nation, Princeton junior Todd Harrity.

The first-round Beanpot matchup between the No. 7/8 Harvard women’s hockey team and crosstown rival Boston University was expected to be a physical one.

On the eve of its semifinal matchup in the 34th annual women’s Beanpot, the No. 8 Harvard women’s hockey team had one thing on its mind: a chance at retribution.

Coming off of back-to-back losses to top-five opponents, the No. 5 Harvard men’s squash team (11-2, 2-1 Ivy) looked rejuvenated Saturday afternoon at Barnaby Courts, as the Crimson ended its skid with a commanding, 7-2 upset of No. 4 Rochester.

After two goals in the first five minutes against Yale, the Crimson didn’t stop there, netting six more over the course of the game to earn its second straight ECAC victory, 8-0.

After we crowned Andrew Campbell as the top male athlete of 2011, we now turn our attention to the women’s side. First up, golf’s Bonnie Hu v. lacrosse’s Jennifer VanderMeulen and field hockey’s Cynthia Tassopoulos v. two-sport athlete Mel Baskind.

Until Jan. 18 of this year, the Trinity men’s squash team was untouchable, taking home a nearly unfathomable 13 straight national titles on a 252-match winning streak.

Despite outshooting the Big Red by a margin of 22-14 over the course of the game, the Crimson emerged winless for the seventh consecutive time against Cornell, falling, 2-0, Friday night at the Bright Hockey Center.

After dropping a close 5-4 contest at home against No. 3 Princeton last weekend, the Harvard men’s squash team (10-2, 2-1 Ivy) hoped to rebound with a win over No. 1 Trinity (9-1, 1-0 NESCAC) Saturday afternoon in Hartford, Conn. But the top-ranked Bantams had other plans, sealing a victory after just five individual matchups and eventually taking down the Crimson, 7-2.