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Women's Volleyball

Women’s Volleyball Off to a Hot Start, Sweeps Harvard Invitational

By Katharine Forst and Reed M. Trimble
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The Harvard women’s volleyball team (3-0, 0-0 Ivy) started the season off right with home victories over Stonehill, Merrimack, and UNH. By sweeping the Harvard Invitational, the squad clinched an undefeated opening weekend for the second consecutive season.

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Women's Soccer

Women’s Soccer Draws with Pepperdine, Still Undefeated on Season

The undefeated Harvard women’s soccer team (3-0-2, 0-0 Ivy) returned home to Jordan Field on Sunday afternoon to battle against a familiar matchup in No. 20  Pepperdine. After a competitive bout in which each team found the net late in the game, the Crimson battled the Waves to a 1-1 tie.

Baseball

Harvard Pitchers Sean Matson and Tanner Smith Selected in 2024 MLB Draft

Women's Soccer

Harvard Women’s Soccer Excels in Opening Weeks of Play

Men's Crew

Harvard Athletes Won 13 Medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Shattering a 128-Year-Old Record

The Back Page

Harvard Men's Basketball Announces Captains for 2019-2020 Season

Athlete of the Week: Lewis Zerter-Gossage...

Athlete of the Week: Hunter Ladnier...

Olympics

Kristen Faulkner ’16, Team USA Win First Gold in Cycling Team Pursuit Event

By Jo B. Lemann
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Kristen T. Faulkner ’16 helped secure Team USA its first gold medal in track cycling team pursuit Wednesday in a final race against New Zealand, days after she beat expectations in her Olympic debut in the road race.

Olympics

Gabby Thomas ’19 Wins Historic Gold in Commanding 200 Meter Race in Paris

Gabby Thomas ’19 soared to victory in the 200 meter sprint at the 2024 Paris Olympics Tuesday, securing Harvard’s first Olympic gold medal in track and field and the only track and field gold for the University in over 100 years.

Women's Crew

Stunning Olympics Victory Earns Kristen Faulkner ’16 Gold in Women’s Road Race

By Jo B. Lemann
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Kristen T. Faulkner ’16 won gold in the women’s road race at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday.

Olympics

Lisa Tertsch ’21, Germany Win Gold in Olympic Mixed Relay Triathlon

By Jo B. Lemann
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Lisa Tertsch ’21 won Germany’s first gold in the mixed relay triathlon event on Monday with her team of three other German athletes in a nail biting race that was decided by one second.

The Back Page

Athlete of the Week: Lewis Zerter-Gossage...

Athlete of the Week: Hunter Ladnier...

Men's Crew

U.S. Men’s Eight Boat, Powered by 3 Harvard Alums, Earns Bronze in Paris

By Jo B. Lemann
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Harvard alumni Clark A. Dean ’23, Pieter G. Quinton ’20, and Christian B. Tabash ’22 secured a bronze medal for Team USA in the men’s eight boat race at the Paris Olympic Games on Saturday.

Breaking Sports

Harvard’s Liam Corrigan ’19 Wins Gold in Rowing for Team USA, David Ambler ’20 Takes Bronze for GB

By Jo B. Lemann
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Liam R. Corrigan ’19 became the first Harvard Olympian to win gold as the United States narrowly edged out New Zealand to win its first gold medal in the event since 1960.

College

Harvard Fencer Lauren Scruggs ’25 Earns Silver Medal at 2024 Paris Olympics

Lauren S. Scruggs ’25 won a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, as the Harvard fencer’s dominant run through the women’s individual foil tournament ended with a defeat to fellow American Lee Kiefer.

Fencing

Team USA’s All-Harvard Men’s Saber Fencing Crashes Out of Individual Tournament in Paris

Team USA’s all-Harvard men’s fencing saber squad crashed out of the individual tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday, a shock upset for a group that many expected to compete for at least two spots on the podium.

Men's Crew

Meet Harvard’s 26 Olympians at the 2024 Paris Games

By Jo B. Lemann
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Harvard will be represented at the 2024 Paris Olympics by 26 students and alumni — a greater showing than 100 national Olympics delegations.

Sports Features

Parting Shot: The Future of Sports is Female

In September 2019, I walked into 14 Plympton Street for my first-ever meeting with the Sports Board. As the former sports editor of my high school paper and an ex-high school athlete looking for an outlet, I hoped that Crimson Sports would become a place I could call home.

Sports Features

Parting Shot: The State of the Crimson

By Griffin Wong
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My friend Alexandra would greet me with the same question every single day throughout my sophomore fall. “What’s the state of The Crimson?” Two and a half years later, I finally have an answer for her.

Men's Tennis

Tennis Phenom Cooper Williams to Transfer to Duke

Star Harvard tennis player Cooper Williams, who went 14-9 in his first year in Cambridge and reached the round of 16 at the NCAA singles championships, will transfer to Duke next season, per an announcement on the Duke Athletics Instagram.