Sports Front Feature
30 Years Later: The Historic Season That Harvard Women’s Lacrosse Was Perfect
It has been 30 years since the Harvard women’s lacrosse team made history. In 1990, the Crimson outscored Maryland 8-7 to win the first National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship for a Harvard women's team.
2020 Vision
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It's Lonely at the Top: Women's Rugby, National Champs and Team of the Year
On Mignone Field, in front of a large and boisterous home crowd, the Harvard women’s rugby team defeated Army West Point 18-7 to be named the 2019 National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) National Champions for the first time in program history. After a season full of adversity and a couple stinging losses, the team pulled together to achieve a historic season.
Doubling Down on Youth
Freshman Ronan Jachuck (front) and sophomore Brian Shi helped Harvard men's tennis sweep Rice in February to move to 5-0. The underclassmen ensure that the Crimson's future is bright.
Youth Proves to be the Aces of Harvard Tennis in Abbreviated Season
After twin victories over Northwestern and Boston University, the Crimson moved up to No. 11 in the Division I rankings, the team’s highest ranking since 1998 and its third-highest in history. This would be the final spot for Harvard mens’ tennis before the rest of the season was canceled due to the coronavirus.
Clark Dean’s Olympic Training Put on Pause
Needless to say, Dean’s training schedule has completely changed since the Olympics were officially postponed. While he was a couple of short months away from peaking, he now has to reverse his training schedule and essentially begin his off-season.
Stars, Stripes, and Oars
Clark Dean, pictured in the foreground, helped power these four Americans to a top-eight finish at the 2019 World Championships. The Harvard rower had hoped to earn a chance to replicate this international success at the 2020 Olympics, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put his training schedule in an uncertain place.
Coronavirus Puts Harvard Fencer Elizabeth Tartakovsky’s Olympic Dream On Hold
“I know that I’m gonna have to make a tough decision eventually, but I had to make a tough decision last year as well about whether to take a year off or not,” Taratakovsky explained. “And I don’t regret it for a minute.”
Much to Give, Plenty to Prove: Seth Towns Returns Home
“Home is where the heart is,” said Towns in an announcement on Saturday night’s 11PM SportsCenter. “...That opportunity to fight for the city that raised me is so invaluable.”
It’s Playoff Time for Women’s Ice Hockey, But Not Just at the Collegiate Level
The contest with the Big Red, however, will not be the only playoff game this weekend that involves Harvard players.
Harvard Goes 1-2 on the Road to Open Season
Harvard will host Fairfield in its first home contest of the season this Saturday at 3:00 PM on Jordan Field. The Crimson went 1-2 on the road to open the season, defeating No. 19 UMass before falling to Holy Cross and Albany, with all three games being decided by just a single goal.
Men's Hockey Set to Face St. Lawrence in ECAC Playoffs
The Crimson will host the Saints in a best-of-three series as part of the first round of the yearly conference tournament.
Men's Squash Wins Second Straight Championship
Ripping a volley down the backhand side, sophomore Victor Crouin watched as his opponent, No. 3 University of Pennsylvania’s Andrew Douglas, made a desperate stab at the ball in the back corner. When his return fell short of the front wall, Crouin turned towards the roaring crowd and thumped his chest in triumph.
Making a Racket
Harvard defeated Princeton this weekend to win its second straight national championship.
MVP
Junior forward Becca Gilmore powered the Crimson to a series victory with four goals, including a triple-OT game-winner, and two assists on the weekend. The effort would earn her ECAC Player of the Week honors.
Women’s Ice Hockey Defeats Yale in Triple Overtime to Win ECAC Quarterfinal Series
As the clock wound down in the third period, Harvard held a 3-2 lead over Yale. Then, with 14.1 seconds remaining in regulation, Bulldog senior defender Saroya Tinker executed a shot from the point which Dalton successfully redirected in the air, steering the puck past Crimson sophomore goaltender Lindsay Reed’s shoulder to send the game into overtime.
Men's Swim and Dive Win Ivy Championship, Four-Peat
Buoyed by strong performances across the board, Harvard emerged as Ivy League champs for the fourth consecutive year.
Hugs All Around
Going into the championship meet this past weekend, the Crimson men had high hopes. Two swimmers shared a well-deserved embrace after yet another positive result that set the team on the path to victory.
Impact Player
Yale sophomore forward Charlotte Welch adds her second goal of the afternoon en route to a hat trick performance that would help extend the Yale season.
Women’s Ice Hockey Drops Game Two to Yale in Overtime, Setting Up a Decisive Game Three Tomorrow
In the overtime session, Harvard funneled many chances to the net. The Crimson forced Yale junior goaltender Gianna Meloni to make a couple of semi-breakaway saves, outshot the Bulldogs 7-3, and earned a power play as well. Nonetheless, Yale withstood the pressure and found a game-winning goal from junior forward Tess Dettling on a backdoor feed from sophomore forward Claire Dalton. A decisive game three awaits after the Bulldog 4-3 victory.
Men's Hockey Defeats Union, 4-1, on Senior Night
The Crimson nabbed a key emotional win for its seniors, but it failed to clinch a top-four seed in the ECAC and thus will not have a bye next weekend.
Women’s Ice Hockey Moves One Step Closer to Championship Weekend with a 4-0 Victory in Game One of the ECAC Quarterfinals
With a thorough 4-0 defeat of Yale, Harvard will have the opportunity to punch its ticket to the ECAC semifinals in game two of the best-of-three series tomorrow.
From Downtown
Sophomore defender Maryna Macdonald uncorks the point blast that would lead to a Becca Gilmore deflection and 2-0 Harvard lead.
RPI Blanks Men's Hockey, 2-0, in Pivotal Matchup for ECAC Seeding
Despite entering its Friday clash with the Engineers in control of its own first-round fate, the Crimson no longer has that privilege with one game to go on the 2019-2020 docket.