After forcing a third game in the championship series, Harvard’s softball team fell to Cornell, 3-2, earlier today, giving the Big Red its fifth Ivy League title. Cornell took the first game, 3-1, but the Crimson posted a come-from-behind win on Friday to take game two, 4-2.
Harvard started the game on top after junior Ellen Macadam was driven home off an RBI single by freshman Jessica Ferri. The Big Red came back with a one-two punch in the third inning, when Erin Keene hit a single followed by a home run by Marissa Amiraian, building a 2-1 Cornell advantage.
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There will be a last stand.
With two out, two on, and the season on the line, it was a senior who came up with a clutch home run that propelled the Harvard softball team into a decisive third game in the Ivy League Championship Series.
The Crimson and Cornell split today’s games, forcing a rubber match that will take place tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 pm in Ithaca.
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As the school year winds to a close, Michael Fucito ’09 is heating up on the soccer field just in time for summer.
A few weeks after the former Harvard soccer star saw time in his first professional contest on March 26 against Philadelphia, Fucito found the back of the net for the first time with the Sounders FC in the April 17 matchup against Kansas City.
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It may not be a huge surprise coming from Harvard, but some of the Crimson’s top athletes have recently been recognized for their work in the classroom.
As if he hasn’t racked up enough honors so far, NCAA champion wrestler J.P. O’Connor was named to the NWCA All-Academic wrestling team for the third time in his college career. The co-captain has also been named EIWA Wrestler of the Year, co-Ivy League Wrestler of the Year, and Academic All-Ivy in his senior year alone.
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It’s spring formal season, and the Harvard women’s tennis team is going dancing.
Today, the NCAA Division 1 Tennis Subcommittee announced a field for the 64-team championship tournament that included the Crimson for the first time since 2006.
Harvard (14-7, 6-1 Ivy) picked up an at large bid with its number 39 national ranking, the highest for the squad since Jan. 30, 2007. The Crimson will play No. 19 Georgia (12-8, 8-3 SEC) on May 14th at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center in Clemson, S.C.
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