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Notebook: Football Drops Sloppy Contest to Cornell
Cornell sits deep in upstate New York. For miles there is nothing but trees and hills until there is suddenly a tall concrete parking garage. Atop that garage sits the the Big Red’s windy football field.
Tragic Injury, Offensive Struggles Mar Season Opener
The Crimson came into the season’s inaugural matchup with history on its side. Not only had Harvard never lost to the Rams, but also the Crimson had won the past two matchups by at least 30 points.
Notebook: Donato Breaks Loose; Men's Hockey Solves Nation's Top PK in East Regional Final
Ryan Donato earned his 21st goal of the season in Harvard's 3-2 tournament win over Air Force on Saturday. And so did Tyler Moy, whose second-period score penetrated the nation's top penalty-killing unit.
Notebook: Men's Hockey Seizes First Tourney Win in 23 Seasons
Since Harvard’s NCAA Championship season in 1989, the Crimson had won just a single tournament game. But Donato, the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament during the ’89 run, captured an elusive Division I playoff win in his fifth attempt behind the Harvard bench Friday.
Notebook: Princeton Clinches Ivy League Title as Men's Basketball Falls, 73-69
If it wasn’t a rivalry before, it certainly is now.
Notebook: M. Hockey Claims ECAC's Top Seed on Senior Night
The Harvard icemen, already owners of a 2017 Beanpot championship and an Ivy League title, may need a new shelf on their trophy case after this regular season.
Notebook: Balance and Late Boards Lead Men's Basketball to Win over Yale
In front of 2,195 fans donning Crimson and waving Zena Edosomwan fat heads, Harvard defeated Yale, 77-64. The home team was led by freshmen guard Bryce Aiken and Seth Towns, who had 22 and 18 points, respectively.
Notebook: Men's Basketball Rides Strong Start, Late Run in Win Over Cornell
In what was perhaps its most complete game in conference to date, the Harvard men’s basketball team took a large and early lead against a visiting Cornell squad en route to an 87-75 win over the Big Red Saturday night at Lavietes Pavilion.
Notebook: Men's Hockey Continues Shorthanded Success, Nabs First Regular-Season Game at the Whale in 12 Years
Friday night’s Ivy League title-clinching victory marks the first back-to-back championships for Harvard since 1993-1994.
Notebook: Men's Hockey Dominates Shot Count, Capitalizes on Special Teams in Beanpot Title Win Over BU
The last time the Crimson won a Beanpot, only one member of the current team, Phil Zielonka, was even alive. And he was less than two weeks old.
Notebook: Rookies, Bench Lead Harvard to Second Half Comeback at Brown
It’s starting to sound like a broken record, but once again on Friday night, the Harvard men’s basketball team needed a second half rally to overcome a double-digit deficit in order to put a tally in the win column.
Notebook: Despite Early Deficit, Men's Basketball Comes Back to Beat Penn
Despite facing off against a Penn team that entered Friday’s contest without a conference win, the Quakers (7-10, 0-4 Ivy League) would force Harvard (12-6, 4-1) to play a full 40 minutes of basketball at Lavietes Pavilion.
Notebook: Tough Shooting, Slow Start Doom Men's Basketball at Columbia
Coming off a matchup where the Crimson rallied late to take a win against Cornell, Saturday’s late effort simply wasn’t enough as Harvard struggled to shoot the ball and sent the Lions to the line early and often.
Notebook: All Around Effort Gets it Done for Men's Basketball
Though the Crimson bent, it would not break. After outscoring the visitors 48-33 in the second half, Harvard walked away with its second Ivy win of the season, 82-68.
Notebook: Christmas Comes Early for Men's Basketball as It Escapes Houston, 57-56
Though the team at one point fell behind by nine points in the second half, freshman Bryce Aiken scored eight points with what seemed like a wink of his eye and a twist of his head to put the Crimson back in the game and eventually dash away with a 57-56 win.
Men's Basketball Stymied By Zone Defense
The Crimson still has a lot to improve on, and those areas of needed improvement were illuminated against a veteran Colonials team composed of multiple graduate students and redshirt players.
NOTEBOOK: Football's Offense, Fourth-Down Defense Struggles in 133rd Playing of The Game
The reign of dominance finally came to an end. Yale beat Harvard in football.
NOTEBOOK: Freshmen Make Impact, Point Looks Strong in Loss to Cardinal
It was a day of new faces as the Crimson took on Stanford in Shanghai—new players in Harvard’s top-10 recruiting class, new starters from the newest group of upperclassmen, and new fans as Harvard and the Pac-12 seek to expand the strength and quality of university sports in China.
Notebook: Takeaways Jumpstart Offense in Harvard’s 28-21 Win Over Lions
The Lions’ early touchdown-fueled lead was ominous based on its 2016 track record, and sure enough Columbia continued its trend of losing high-scoring games. After a slow start, Harvard steamrolled its way through the third quarter to secure a 28-21 win.
Notebook: Scott Steps Up To Help Football Edge Princeton in Overtime
The victory was neither dominant nor pretty. But as much as any win in 2016, this one was gritty.
Notebook: Football's Stout Run Defense Unable to Overcome Lack of Offensive Firepower
Entering this past weekend, the Harvard football team had not lost to a non-conference opponent since losing to Holy Cross in 2011. The squad also hadn’t fallen on the road since succumbing to Penn in 2012, constituting the longest road winning-streak in the country. But all things must come to an end.
Despite Hot Start, Cornell No Match for the Crimson
Despite the stunning progress Cornell has made in just one offseason, it was still no match for a Harvard team that seems more and more invincible by the week. The Crimson strolled to its second Ivy win of the season, a 29-13 victory over the Big Red in Cambridge, bolstered by defensive success across the board and an offensive attack centered around the rush.
NOTEBOOK: Sophomore Substitutes Shine Against Georgetown
With a win despite the absences of several key players in this game, it is clear that Harvard has a substantial amount of depth at most positions. It seems as though the Crimson is well-equipped to handle the potential loss of starters on both sides of the ball moving forward.
Cool Down
Upperclassmen Kolbi Brown Joseph Foster, and Jake Forte rest on the bench with each other during the team’s game against Georgetown last Saturday. Several starters got the chance to rest during this game, as a few underclassmen logged some playing time, proving Harvard’s depth as they helped secure the win.
NOTEBOOK: Football Wins Despite Defensive Inconsistencies
Although the Crimson eventually pushed past Brown, 32-22, the visitors failed to score in the first and fourth quarters and made plenty of mistakes in between.