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Harvard men’s basketball assistant coach Yanni Hufnagel is leaving the Crimson for an assistant coaching position at Vanderbilt.Despite winning none of their races outright, the Radcliffe heavyweight crews came away with a load of hardware from the Ivy League Championships this weekend.For the fourteenth time in Harvard history, both the Crimson heavyweight and lightweight crews achieved first-place finishes in the first varsity event at the 2013 EARC Sprints. The competition took place on Sunday on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Massachusetts.The story of the national champion 1913 Harvard men's lacrosse team.Hope Schwartz looks at the best stories from this semester in sports.The Harvard women’s golf team wrapped up its season on Saturday with a 20th-place finish at the NCAA West Regionals in Stanford, Calif. The Ivy League champions entered the national championship qualifier seeded 20th in a field of 24 schools. The Crimson matched expectations over the three-day event to finish 61-over-par with 913 strokes.The No. 21 Harvard men’s tennis team’s strong season drew to a close on Saturday when it fell, 4-1, to No. 10 Mississippi State in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Tennis Tournament.The weather may have not been in prime form at the NCAA Tournament on Friday, but the Harvard men’s tennis team sure was. Despite the match being moved indoors following a rain delay, the Crimson was not deterred, taking four straight singles matches en route to a 4-0 victory over No. 63 Samford in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Tennis Tournament in Starkville, Miss.The Harvard men’s tennis team has withstood the rigors of the Ivy League season, but it will face a new challenge on Friday when it takes on No. 67 Samford in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Tennis Tournament.In the weeks since the Crimson bowed out of the NCAA tournament, life has been different for Webster.Harvard showed early signs of promise as early on it beat the eventual champion Brown squad, which was otherwise undefeated in the opening round.And if her performances in the heptathlon and high jump are any indication, she wasn’t leaving anything to chance.In spite of a number of strong individual performances at this weekend’s Outdoor Heps, the Crimson was simply unable to put up enough points to compete with the Big Red.It was sweet number 16 for the no. 2 Harvard heavyweight men’s crew as the Crimson bested both No. 4 Northeastern and Holy Cross in five-of-five races on Saturday on the Charles River. The victory was Harvard’s 16th straight Smith Cup in the annual regatta between the cross-town rivals.In the final race before Ivy League Championships, it was the least experienced boat of Radcliffe heavyweight crew that pulled out the lone victory over Ohio State.They say 16 is the sweetest. Such was true as the No. 2 Harvard heavyweight men’s crew team bested both No. 4 Northeastern and Holy Cross in five races on Saturday on the Charles River. The wins allowed the Crimson to capture the 16th straight Smith Cup over its cross-town rivals.For senior running back Treavor Scales, his 63-yard touchdown sprint that sealed Harvard’s victory over Yale in The Game was not just the culmination of one career, but rather the impetus for a new one.When the Harvard women’s hockey team takes to the ice this upcoming October, something will be different.Harvard will travel to Princeton’s Weaver Stadium to square off against its seven Ivy League rivals in the Outdoor Heptagonal Championships.The path to becoming a rower is different for every person.The starting quarterback position remains up for grabs, and the two have competed for the job and will continue to do so throughout the summer.The game she had played her entire life and had such success with was something she was not quite ready to part with.Though one streak was broken this season, another—likely to be forgotten in the grand scheme of things—was made.The following is live play-by-play from the Harvard baseball team's April 29 game against Boston College at Fenway Park. The ...The Harvard men’s tennis team is officially going dancing. On Tuesday evening, the 2013 NCAA Men’s Tournament bracket was finalized, and the Ivy League champion Crimson was selected to face No. 75 Samford in the first round. No. 21 Harvard (18-5, 6-1 Ivy) will travel to Starkville, Mississippi to the campus of Mississippi State University to take on the Bulldogs (15-9, 7-3 Southern Conference) on May 10. The Crimson qualified for the tournament for the second straight season after compiling a 6-1 ...Several Harvard athletes compete on multiple teams. They would not have it any other way.Don’t judge this year’s Harvard baseball team by its record.While last year’s Harvard men’s lacrosse team may have underachieved, this year’s squad almost overachieved.The Harvard sailing team split up along the Charles River, as the Crimson competed in three regattas in the Boston area.Freshman Christine Lin’s final putt on the 18th hole gave her a one-under par 71 to secure the Crimson the Ivy team title by one stroke at Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, N.J., on Sunday. The shot also forced a one-hole playoff for the individual Ivy title.In the middle innings of the Harvard baseball team’s Beanpot consolation game against Boston College at Fenway Park Monday afternoon, a number of Red Sox players went out to the right field warning track and played catch while the contest was still in play.After Christine Lin led the Harvard women’s golf team to the Ivy League title and a berth in the NCAA Regional Championships, the freshman earned The Crimson’s Athlete of the Week honors. With a big weekend of sports on the books, The Back Page looks at some other great performancesThe Harvard softball team came into Sunday knowing it needed to win both games in order to advance to the Ivy League Championship Series. After losing to Brown last week due to an error-filled seventh inning, it was a close, hard fought loss this week that prevented the Crimson from returning to the ILCS for the fourth-straight year.The Harvard softball team entered the weekend needing to take three of four from Dartmouth in a home-and-home series to play for the Ivy League Championship Series next weekend. After a Saturday doubleheader in Hanover, N.H, the Crimson (22-22, 12-8 Ivy) was still in the hunt for the North Division title as it split its two games with the division-leading Big Green (25-18, 15-5 Ivy).The women’s golf Ivy League Championships came down to the last putt. Freshman Christine Lin sank it to give Harvard a one-stroke victory over Princeton for the Crimson’s second straight Ivy League team title.Two freshmen led the Harvard men’s golf team as the squad closed out its season at the Ivy League Championship this weekend at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Maryland.The Crimson (10-30, 7-13 Ivy), which entered the weekend second in its division, lost a close one to Dartmouth (31-7, 15-5) Saturday morning when a late-game double by the home team broke the tie and brought home two runners.Playing on a clear Sunday afternoon at O’Donnell Field on Senior Day, the Crimson (10-30, 7-13 Ivy) scored first in both games but could not hold on in later innings. Harvard dropped the first game, 4-2, and the Big Green (31-7, 15-5) strung together rallies in game two to notch a five-run win.With its 6-1 victory over Dartmouth (8-10, 1-6), the Harvard women’s tennis team (13-6, 5-2) wrapped up a late season run that was too little, too late for the team’s Ivy League championship hopes. Despite winning four in a row to close out the year—including a 5-2 home victory over then-no. 35 Yale—the team finished third in the Ivy League, doomed by two early season losses.Harvard (3-11, 2-5 Ivy) defended its home turf against Columbia (3-12, 0-7) in the team’s Ivy and season finale. After battling back and forth for possession, the Crimson squad was able top the Lions, 18-11, thanks to a second half surge.Heading into the final weekend of play, the Harvard women’s lacrosse team faced off against the Big Green in Hanover, N.H. on Friday. Although the Crimson (3-11, 2-5, Ivy) held a one-point lead entering halftime, No. 20 Dartmouth (9-6, 5-2, Ivy) outscored Harvard, 10-2, in the second frame to win, 15-8.After defeating Notre Dame (Ohio) in the first matchup, the Crimson (18-16, 3-3 CWPA) was eliminated from title contention by third-seeded Hartwick. Harvard played two consolation games in the next two days, winning one and losing the next to secure a sixth-place finish.In Harvard Stadium on Saturday night, the Crimson showcased some of its offseason work in its annual spring game. With a 15-minute running clock in all quarters and changing lineups on both the “Crimson” and “White” teams throughout, both sides struggled to string together cohesive drives.The Harvard track and field team sent a handful of field athletes to the historic Penn Relays over the weekend. With the Outdoor Heptagonal Championships taking place next weekend, the Crimson athletes who were in action turned in some strong performances, including personal-bests.The Crimson led, 4-2, after three early goals by junior attacker Peter Schwartz but a third-quarter flurry by the Bulldogs put Yale up 10-7, a lead that it would not relinquish.After a 4-3 upset loss to Brown on Thursday, the Ivy League title hung in the balance for the No. 21 Harvard men’s tennis team, which needed one win in its final two matches to clinch an outright conference championship.Heading into the home stretch of their seasons, the Radcliffe lightweight and heavyweight crews look to compete near the top.By the end of the night, every time Peter Russell went for an attack, it felt inevitable that it would garner another point for Penn State. Led by the junior outside hitter, Penn State defeated Harvard, 3-0, in the Crimson’s first ever EIVA finals appearance.The No. 2 Harvard men’s heavyweight crew won its 14th straight Adams Cup over No. 15 Penn and No. 9 Navy this Saturday. The No. 1 men’s lightweights also had a strong performance this weekend. The team won its fourth-straight Goldthwait Cup at the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet.Yale defeated the Harvard men’s lacrosse team, 11-10, on Saturday afternoon at Harvard Stadium in the teams’ regular season finale. With the loss, the Crimson (6-8, 2-4 Ivy) concludes its second consecutive season without an Ivy League Tournament bid.The reigning Super Bowl champions selected Harvard’s Kyle Juszczyk with the 130th overall selection in the fourth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday, making the H-back the first Harvard player drafted since Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 and the 20th all-time.The Harvard men’s tennis team, which had won 12 straight matches, was rolling to its second consecutive Ivy League title, dominating every opponent it faced. On Thursday, its momentum ground to a screeching halt after a 4-3 loss to Brown at the Murr Center.Four days after notching its biggest victory of the season, the Harvard women’s tennis team continued its winning ways with a 7-0 victory over Brown in Providence, R.I., Thursday. The team lost only two sets combined in singles and doubles play and put the match away early, taking the doubles point and then running through three singles matches before taking the remaining three matches.Harvard hasn’t had a player drafted into the NFL since the St. Louis Rams took Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 eight years ago. But that may all change this weekend, as senior Kyle Juszczyk steps into the public eye after weeks of speculation, press, and weighty expectations.The Ivy League playoff scenario is simple for the Harvard men’s lacrosse team. With a loss, the Crimson would finish fifth in the conference, just outside the top four teams that will vie for the Ivy League Tournament title in Ithaca, N.Y., next weekend. With a win, Harvard would leapfrog Penn and Yale to secure the tournament’s third seed.With one out in the first inning, junior third baseman Kasey Lange stepped to the plate and made history.As the saying goes, revenge is a dish best served cold, and it was a dish the Harvard men’s volleyball team whipped up Thursday night, fighting back from a late deficit to take down George Mason, 3-2, in the EIVA semifinals.Boston College has announced that it will be visiting Lavietes Pavilion next year during the nonconference season.As the men’s volleyball team (17-8, 10-4 EIVA) heads towards the postseason, The Back Page takes a look back at some of the important numbers from the team’s regular season.As the school year reaches its closing stretch, many teams are playing the last games of their seasons. The Back ...On Saturday night, when Harvard showcases its work since the end of last season in its annual spring game, the team will look markedly different.After finishing the season strong, the Harvard men’s volleyball team will challenge George Mason on Thursday night in the first round of the EIVA conference tournament.The Crimson’s consistently strong doubles play has been essential to its 12-match winning streak. Each of the team’s three regular doubles teams boasts a winning record in dual play, and the top tandem of junior co-captain Casey MacMaster and sophomore Denis Nguyen is ranked 52nd nationally.The No. 21 Crimson will try to complete its first undefeated Ivy season since 2008 and secure its 30th conference championship when it takes on Brown at home on Thursday and then wraps up its season at Dartmouth on Saturday.As the Harvard baseball team’s season draws nearer to a close with conference play ending this weekend, three sophomore players stand out this year.On a campus with the most varsity sports in the country, it is easy to overlook the achievements of certain teams.For the first time since 2010 the Harvard men’s soccer team did not host a spring exhibition game in Harvard Stadium.This weekend, an NFL team will draft Harvard senior Kyle Juszczyk. The Crimson standout has had official visits with a ...Until then, the Black and White will continue to train, now with the knowledge that they have already bested the Cardinals this season.In 35 games in the NHL this year, Killorn maintained his scoring ways, netting 7 goals and providing 12 assists.With the NFL Draft happening later this week (the first round will be held on Thursday night), The Back Page ...With the NFL Draft happening later this week (the first round will be held on Thursday night), The Back Page ...As Jeremy Lin ‘10 and the Houston Rockets (eighth seed in the Western Conference) make their way through the NBA ...As Jeremy Lin ‘10 and the Houston Rockets (eighth seed in the Western Conference) make their way through the NBA ...The Harvard men’s tennis team (17-4, 5-0 Ivy) is undefeated in Ivy League play this season, and just clinched a ...The Harvard men’s tennis team (17-4, 5-0 Ivy) is undefeated in Ivy League play this season, and just clinched a ...The Crimson (21-18, 11-5 Ivy) made easy work of the Bears (8-25, 2-14) in 4-0 and 3-1 victories that kept Harvard tied for first in the North Division before Sunday’s games.After sweeping Brown in a doubleheader Saturday, Harvard returned to the field in Providence, R.I., Sunday to complete its four-game series against the Bears. The Crimson, having won the first game, appeared well on its way to a second win before losing a lead late to end up splitting the second doubleheader.After having its match against Brown postponed to Thursday, the Crimson (11-6, 3-2 Ivy League) came out on Sunday and moved within a game and a half of the league leaders (16-3, 5-1) with a 5-2 victory. With the win, Harvard snapped a two-game losing streak against the Bulldogs.Pitted against national-caliber competition at the LSU Alumni Gold Meet in Baton Rouge, La., they crushed the record. The team crossed the finish line in 3:38.79, nearly two seconds faster than the previous best mark. The performance earned third place for the Harvard track and field team.The Black and White heavyweight crew traveled to Syracuse, N.Y. to take on Syracuse and Ivy rival Dartmouth, while the Radcliffe lightweight crew defended the Charles River against Princeton, BU, and reigning national champion Stanford.Both the Harvard men’s heavyweight and lightweight crews continued undefeated spring seasons over the weekend. The No. 2 heavyweights took two of four races against Princeton on Sunday to secure the Compton Cup while the No. 1 lightweights captured three out of four races against Navy on Saturday at home on the Charles River.The No. 22 Crimson (17-4, 5-0 Ivy) has now won 12 straight matches and 10 straight Ancient Eight matchups dating to last season following the defeat of the No. 57 Bulldogs (17-6, 3-3 Ivy).Harvard (10-26, 7-9 Ivy) recorded 18 hits in a 12-10 win over Brown (5-28, 3-13), but it could not find the same success at the plate in game two when a nine-run Bears first inning doomed the Crimson to a 14-2 loss.Playing against Brown (5-28, 3-13 Ivy) in a doubleheader in Providence, R.I., the Crimson (10-26, 7-9) took advantage of a seventh-inning comeback in game one and a pair of runs in the tenth inning to capture the first game, 4-2.In the final game of the regular season, the Harvard men’s volleyball team recorded its 11th sweep of the year and locked up the three seed in the EIVA postseason tournament. The Crimson (17-7, 10-4 EIVA) traveled to Sacred Heart on Saturday afternoon to face the Pioneers (4-19, 2-12). Coming into the weekend, the third and fourth seeds were still up for grabs in the EIVA Championship tournament. With the fourth seed having to play the 14th best team in the nation—Penn State—the difference between ...Coming off of a strong performance against No. 18 Penn last Saturday, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team entered its Friday night matchup at No. 12/13 Princeton with a chance to solidify its place in the postseason Ivy League Tournament. The Tigers (8-4, 3-2 Ivy), however, had other plans, as they led the Crimson (6-7, 2-3) from start to finish en route to a 14-6 victory.The Crimson has not only historically dominated the Bears, owning a 75-7 all-time record, but has also held the upper hand in recent tilts.Harvard took advantage of the Bobcats’ struggling starting pitching, working the count and coming up with timely walks and hits.Harvard lands as 12 seed in early bracket.With two sharpshooting lacrosse teams, it all came down to draw controls and ground balls.Harvard men’s lacrosse coach Chris Wojcik ‘96 was not surprised when his team selected rising-senior defenseman Jason Gonos to lead the Crimson as its sole captain for the 2013 season.This was not a football game. Nor was it rugby. This was ultimate frisbee, and to most first-time watchers, the electric atmosphere of these games and the intensity on the field may come as a surprise.After an afternoon of running, jumping and throwing, the trophies would remain in Cambridge – Cambridge, MA that is.To get his first win of the season, junior pitcher Sam Dodge went the extra mile. After losing his previous six decisions, Dodge threw a complete game against Yale (8-21, 5-7 Ivy) on Sunday, surrendering just one unearned run and three hits against seven strikeouts. He threw 104 pitches and helped the Harvard baseball team (8-24, 5-7) to a four-game split with the Bulldogs.For the first time since 1994, the Harvard sailing team failed to finish in one of the all-important top eight spots at the New England Championships this past weekend.In its final test before the Ivy League Championships, the Harvard women’s golf team placed third out of 14 northeastern colleges at the two-day Brown BEAR Invitational in Barrington, R.I., Monday.Harvard has not had a player selected in the NFL Draft since Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 was taken in the seventh ...Jay Bilas ranks the Crimson as the 22nd-best team in the landAthlete of the Week Runners-Up for the week of April 15thBy the Numbers looks at the recent improvement of Harvard baseballThe Harvard softball team (16-17, 8-4) has struggled to find consistency throughout the season, splitting many doubleheaders. This Saturday, however, it all came together in dominating Yale (8-26, 3-9) in consecutive games, defeating it, 7-4, in the first game and 4-2 in the second.After hanging with the No. 13/16 Tigers for much of the contest, Harvard was unable to pull off the upset.Both the men's and women's track teams downed Yale on the road Saturday.In its first weekend of postseason play, the Harvard women’s water polo team entered as the third seed and finished in that same spot.The Harvard men’s tennis team put its nine-match winning streak on the line this weekend when it went on the road to face Ivy League foes No. 50 Princeton and Penn. By Sunday evening, the No. 19 Crimson (16-4, 4-0 Ivy) had extended its streak to 11 matches and improved its record in conference play to 4-0.The Crimson (8-24, 5-7 Ivy) took the 6-2 victory in the first game Sunday afternoon largely thanks to a three-run homer by sophomore Nick Saathoff in the bottom of the fourth. But in the following contest, the Bulldogs (8-21, 5-7) took an early lead thanks to a shaky Harvard defensive start and beat the home team for the second time this weekend, 5-2.In an afternoon doubleheader, the Crimson baseball team (8-24, 5-7 Ivy) split with the Bulldogs (8-21, 5-7), taking the first game by a score of 2-1 but dropping the final contest, 7-3, in a game that came down to the final inning.After losing a close, 4-3, decision to Princeton (11-6, 2-2 Ivy) on Saturday, the Harvard women’s tennis team (10-6, 2-2) rebounded with a dramatic 4-3 win over Penn (10-6, 2-2) on Sunday that went down to a final third-set tiebreaker.On senior day at Soldiers Field, the Crimson (16-7, 8-4 Ivy) won both games on walk-off hits—the first called after the 5th because of the mercy rule—beating Yale (8-26, 3-9), 12-3 and 5-3.After opening with a fifth-place start, the Harvard men’s golf team was unable to improve on its first round and finished sixth out of 14 teams with 885 total strokes at the Princeton Invitational at Springdale Golf Course this weekend.Competing at the CWPA Southern Division Championships in Providence, the Crimson (16-14, 3-3 CWPA) defeated Mercyhurst but then fell by four goals to Brown in the nightcap.It proved to be a successful weekend for the Harvard men’s heavyweight and lightweight crews, who each toppled opponents to extend undefeated spring season records. The No. 4 heavyweights defeated No. 3 Brown on Saturday at home on the Charles River, taking three of five races on the morning. The No. 1 lightweights displayed their dominance by sweeping all four races against Dartmouth and MIT.After ceding the Class of 1975 Cup to Princeton for the last five years, the Radcliffe heavyweight first varsity eight boat was ready for a change. On Saturday morning, the Black and White’s top boat outpaced the Tigers on Cayuga Inlet in Ithaca, N.Y. to take back the Class of 1975 Cup for the first time since 2007.Sophomore midfielder Murphy Vandervelde raised his arms in the air as his teammates mobbed him,celebrating their first win over a ranked opponent this season. With the game down to a single shot and a playoff berth on the line, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team had turned to its newest sharpshooter. Vandervelde delivered.The Harvard men’s volleyball team struggled initially on Friday night, playing conference foe New Jersey Institute of Technology into five games. But the squad suddenly turned it on at the very end of the contest, seizing a victory, 3-2, amidst come-backs from deficits in both the overall match and individual games.When the Harvard softball team takes the field against Yale in its annual divisional matchup this weekend, the team will find itself in a drastically different situation than it was in last year.The Crimson will take to the baseball diamond against the school’s biggest rival on four different occasions this weekend with second place in the Ivy League’s Red Rolfe division on the line.Things are firing up as the 2013 men’s lacrosse season comes to a close, and a spot in the Ivy League Championship is on the line. Harvard has three more games, all against league competitors, including Penn on Saturday at 1 p.m.In the first round of the Beanpot, the Crimson fell, 10-2, to the Huskies. Northeastern led from start to finish and scored nine of its ten runs in two big innings.The Harvard women’s lacrosse team was unable to overcome an early deficit en route to a dropped contest to Holy Cross on Wednesday night at Holy Cross Field, 17-12.David Steinbach looks inside the numbers of Harvard's 20-19 win over Princeton.David Steinbach looks inside the numbers of Harvard's 20-19 win over Princeton.Athlete of the week Runners-Up for the week of April 8thAthlete of the week Runners-Up for the week of April 8thThe Harvard men’s lacrosse team rebounded from two straight nail-biting losses on Tuesday afternoon, riding strong play from its freshmen to earn an 18-8 victory at Quinnipiac.For five innings, a pair of freshman pitchers dueled as the Harvard softball team remained in a scoreless deadlock against Boston University. In the sixth inning, the bats struck back.For five innings, a pair of freshman pitchers dueled as the Harvard softball team remained in a scoreless deadlock against Boston University. In the sixth inning, the bats struck back.Fewer than 24 hours after the conclusion of the 2013 NCAA tournament, CBS Sports began to look to the future.The team looked to capitalize on its success from last weekend, when Harvard notched a victory at the Ted Ferrarone Team Race.Freshman pitcher Jamie Halula’s journey has only just begun.The Harvard men’s lacrosse team hopes to break its longest losing streak of the season when it faces Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. this afternoon.Conditions were a key factor for the Crimson squad, which finished in 15th place out of a field of 18, one place behind the University of Denver and ahead of the University of Hawaii.After Princeton (7-20, 5-3 Ivy) scored four times in the top of the ninth inning, the Harvard baseball team (6-21, 3-5) rallied back for three runs of its own to beat the Tigers, 20-19, and earn a doubleheader split on Sunday.The Harvard men’s crew teams experienced radically different conditions across the Northeast in their Ivy openers, but both the lightweights and heavyweights managed to find victory in races this weekend.In its first tournament of the spring season, the Harvard women’s golf team finished tied for 11th out of 18 teams this weekend at the Rebel Intercollegiate tournament at the Ole Miss Golf Course in Oxford, Miss.After Harvard’s second-half run put the Crimson up, Brown quickly responded with four straight goals, and nine out of the next 11, bringing the final score to 15-9 and dropping Harvard to sixth place in the Ancient Eight.Freshman Haley Davis’ first college home run was a walk-off grand slam that put the game away for Harvard softball (11-17, 4-4 Ivy) in the second game of the team’s doubleheader against Cornell (14-16, 4-4 Ivy) on Saturday.With two weeks of outdoor competition under its belt, the Harvard track and field team once again split up over the weekend, sending athletes to the Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla. and the Sam Howell Invitational, which was hosted by Princeton.Harvard baseball batted around for the first time this season in a 10-7 win over Cornell to take game two of the double-header after losing the day's opener.Facing off against two squads from the east coast and two from the west, the Crimson (14-13, 3-2 CWPA) defeated George Washington on Saturday but then lost three straight times, twice to ranked teams.The Harvard men’s volleyball team (14-8, 7-4 EIVA) clinched a berth in the conference playoffs this weekend after splitting its two home fixtures against Princeton (11-8, 9-4) and George Mason (14-11, 10-3).Andre Akpan ’10 has been given wings.After falling at the last possible moment Friday against Columbia (10-4, 3-0 Ivy), the Harvard women’s tennis team (9-5, 1-1) bounced back with a 6-1 victory over Cornell (12-2, 1-2). Now healthy, the Crimson began April the way it ended March, when it won four of five matches to close out the month.The Radcliffe heavyweight crew team found out the hard way that it was a tough weekend to row at home. Harsh winds and chilly temperatures created challenging conditions for the Black and White heavyweights, which opened up their Ivy season by taking on Brown on the Charles on Saturday morning.The Harvard men’s tennis team opened up Ivy League play in dramatic fashion with a 4-3 victory over Columbia on Saturday at the Murr Center.In one of the most hotly-contested Ivy League battles of the 2013 season, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team was ultimately forced to watch as No. 2 Cornell stormed the field of Harvard Stadium after mounting a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback to take down the Crimson, 14-12, on Saturday afternoon.A comeback stopped short in the final inning of the first game fueled the Harvard softball team’s domination in its second contest of the day. The Crimson split Friday afternoon’s double-header against Princeton at Soldiers Field but outscored the Tigers, 12-7.Harvard men’s volleyball (14-8, 7-4 EIVA) clinched a spot in the EIVA Playoffs this weekend, splitting its two home games against Princeton (10-8, 8-4) and George Mason (14-3, 10-3).The Harvard baseball team dropped it's home-conference-opener, 3-1, to Cornell on Saturday afternoon. A two-run fourth inning proved to be ...It’s been 15 days since the Harvard men’s basketball team stunned the college basketball world with its 68-62 victory over New Mexico. But for me, the gigantic upset was nowhere near the most surprising occurrence of the night.The Harvard men’s tennis team’s seven-match winning streak will be put on the line this weekend when it opens up Ivy League play at the Beren Tennis Center with two matches against Columbia and Cornell.If you visited the Weston Ski Track on any given Monday afternoon this February, you would have been greeted by the inspiring sight of disabled veterans learning to ski. Their teachers aren’t just any ordinary ski instructors, though. Instead, they are members of the Harvard Nordic ski team who volunteer as part of the New England Nordic Ski Association’s Adaptive Ski program.Aisha Price’s sixth and final goal pulled the Crimson within two near the end of the fourth quarter, but it was too little, too late for Harvard as it fell, 12-10, to Brown on senior night.In a crosstown meeting with Boston College on Wednesday, the Harvard baseball team fell behind early and, despite mounting a rally, could never catch up.Sam O’Connor ’12 and Malcolm Howard ’05 helped the Harvard crew team win manyboat races during their time in Cambridge, ...On behalf of our basketball program, I can’t thank you enough.Harvard grabbed the lead early, but the Crimson (9-15, 2-2) proved unable to hang on against the Friars (10-17-1), losing 5-3.Here are some other great performances by Harvard athletes from this past week:The Crimson faced off against the Commodores Tuesday in Nashville, with the match initially appearing to be a close one.Harvard sailing saw action in three regattas over the weekend.The Harvard men’s lacrosse team has watched a new offensive star emerge this week, seemingly out of nowhere.Last-second heroics by Boston University junior Sydney Godett carried the Terriers past the Harvard women’s lacrosse team, 12-11, on Friday night at Nickerson Field. BU won the contest despite never holding a lead until the very end of the game.Kong and her teammates have had a lot of success since making the pledge, defeating Syracuse (9-7), 6-1, on Saturday, for their seventh win in eight matches. Since losing contests to Boston College, Kansas State, and William and Mary, the team has only fallen once in March. The Crimson has won five straight at home and heads into conference play healthy for the first time all season.The Crimson (3-18, 0-3 Ivy) dropped a pair of games on Saturday against Columbia (9-12, 2-0), the first by a score of 5-0 and the second, 3-2, on a walkoff single in the bottom of the ninth.Playing against Penn in a doubleheader on Sunday, the Crimson offense couldn’t get started in a 4-1 loss in the first contest. With the score tied at three in the second game of the double header, the umpires were forced to suspend play when the rain picked up in the eighth inning. The game will be resumed Monday at noon.Harvard’s performance at the season-ending meet did not quite live up to its regular-season promise. The Crimson turned in eight top-30 performances but failed to reach the finals in any event.Harvard men’s lightweight crew kicked off its spring season with a decisive victory over Delaware on Saturday morning. The Crimson took three out of five races to secure the regatta win at home on the Charles River.The Harvard track and field team faced stiff competition in the 86th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays that took place this week at the University of Texas at Austin from Wednesday to Saturday, and the Snowflake Classic hosted by Tufts in Medford, Mass. on Saturday.After dropping its first two games of the Ivy League season against Penn on Friday, Harvard softball bounced back to sweep Columbia on Saturday. The Crimson (9-14, 2-2 Ivy) relied on strong pitching to top the Lions (11-13, 1-3).After three consecutive losses in California over spring break, the Harvard men’s volleyball team could use some home cooking. Cambridge delivered, as the Crimson (13-7, 6-3 EIVA) won in straight games over Erskine (13-14, 9-6 Carolinas) 25-20, 25-23, 25-19, Saturday afternoon at the Malkin Athletic Center. The win marks the eleventh consecutive home victory for Harvard.The Crimson (4-5, 1-1 Ivy) entered Saturday night’s contest at Soldiers Field looking to upset the No. 10/12 team in the nation for the first time in four seasons. With a controlled attack and a few key stops, Harvard came oh-so-close to its first signature win of the season in front of a nationally-televised audience.Devin Dwyer set up camp behind the Duke net. As the clock ticked toward zero, somebody had to be open—a pushing penalty had put the Harvard men’s lacrosse team on the man up with eight seconds left in regulation. The Crimson freshman saw an opening at the top of the crease and launched a pass above the crossbar. But the ball would never reach its intended destination. The rubber found the large pocket of Blue Devils goaltender Kyle Turri, who cleared the ball down the field as time expired.The Harvard men’s lacrosse team (4-4, 1-1 Ivy) hosted perennial powerhouse Duke (7-4, 1-1 ACC) on Soldiers Field Saturday night. The Crimson came into the game unranked against the No. 10 Blue Devils, but stayed with its opponents before eventually falling at the end, 12-11.One-hundred and sixty days after the varsity eight of Radcliffe Lightweight crew swept past defending champion Wisconsin to win its first ever Head of the Charles, the Black and White reigned victorious once again on its home river. On Saturday morning, the Radcliffe Lightweight boats took on Boston University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the inaugural Beanpot regatta for lightweight rowers. The Black and White tasted victory against local foes in each of its three races to start its spring ...Harvard men’s volleyball team (13-7, 6-3 EIVA) won in straight sets over Erskine (13-14, 9-6 Carolinas), 25-20, 25-23, 25-19. The contest marked the eleventh consecutive home victory for the Crimson. After three consecutive losses during its recent trip out West to California, this was an important game for the Harvard squad to get back on track heading into conference play over the next month.Three big innings for Penn doomed the Harvard softball team to back-to-back losses in its Ivy opener on Friday.In their final competitive event of the season, eight members of the Harvard men’s swimming and diving team will hit the water in Indianapolis to compete in the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Coming off a season in which the Crimson went undefeated in dual meets before barely losing the Ivy League Championships to four-time defending champion Princeton, Harvard will have one final test against the nation’s best squads.A shot at immediate redemption arrives on Saturday night for the Harvard men’s lacrosse team. After a disappointing 16-7 loss to Albany on Tuesday night—the program’s worst defeat since 2011—the Crimson will face off against No. 10/12 Duke at 7 p.m. at Soldiers Field Stadium.Since the unexpected death of coach Joe Walsh on July 31, something has been different about the Harvard baseball program. For years, whenever one thought of Harvard baseball, Walsh was the first thing to come to mind.Of the 19 players listed on the Harvard roster, six are freshmen. Pitchers Jamie Halula and Morgan Groom, outfielder Zoe Galindo, catcher Rachel Halperin, and utility players Haley Davis and Alyssa Siegmann make up the class.Now, with the noticeable void left behind by Brown and fellow ace Laura Ricciardone, the rest of the squad will have to rebuild around a new collection of pitchers.After helping the Harvard women’s softball team cruise to an 11-1 Ivy mark and a berth in the 2000 NCAA tournament, Crimson coach Jenny Allard was unsure how her 2001 team, a squad ripe with fresh and inexperienced talent, would perform.Through 18 non-conference games, Klug, Link, and Poppen have planted themselves firmly in the starting lineup at second base, catcher, and pitcher, respectively.After the sudden death of longtime baseball coach Joe Walsh, the Harvard program was thrown into flux as the athletic department attempted to find a replacement for the man who led the Crimson for 17 years. Out of the search for a manager emerged Bill Decker, the former head coach at Trinity College.With a starting five that featured four three-point threats at almost all times of the game, Harvard’s offense became increasingly reliant on dependable shooting from its undersized lineup.Although Harvard went down big early, the team fought back in later innings. The Crimson looked as if it might be able to put itself back in the game in the seventh, but its efforts proved to be too little, too late.There was no doubt that a Harvard men’s basketball player would earn Athlete of the Week honors after the team’s historic 68-62 upset of New Mexico in the NCAA tournament on Thursday. With Laurent Rivard taking home the top honors, here are some of the other athletes with great performances from this past week, including three more men from the basketball squad.A trio of brothers led the University at Albany as the Harvard men’s lacrosse team (4-4, 1-1 Ivy) struggled to a 16-7 loss at Soldier’s Field Tuesday night.The Harvard softball team opened its home season with two wins in a doubleheader over Rhode Island.It was a busy weekend for Harvard’s co-ed sailing team this weekend, as the squad was split for two different regattas on the East Coast.Rivard’s five timely three-pointers bolstered his season total to 79—a new program record—and helped the 14-seed Crimson to its first-ever victory over a top-10 team.There were a series of indelible images from the Harvard men’s basketball team’s (20-10, 11-3 Ivy) 68-62 victory over New Mexico—its first NCAA tournament win and a victory 377 years in the making.While the rest of her team’s season concluded with a fifth-place finish at the ECAC Championships, junior Sara Li’s season was not quite over. This past weekend, the co-captain was the lone member of the Harvard women’s swimming and diving team to compete at the 2013 NCAA Championships.Badger, competing in the men’s epee, was the top finishing fencer for Harvard. The sophomore, improving on his sixth place finish last year, moved up from second to first team All-American honors.After dropping the first game of a two-game series at Syracuse (11-14), the Crimson (5-12) went into the bottom of the inning looking to hold the Orange scoreless and emerge with the win. But a leadoff walk put the tying runner on base, and a sacrifice fly sent the game into the tenth.The Harvard wrestling team’s co-captains wrapped up their collegiate careers Friday with early-round exits as three Crimson grapplers competed at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.After having a four-game winning streak snapped in a 4-3 lost to South Florida, the Harvard women’s tennis team (7-4) got back to its winning ways with a 7-0 victory over Farleigh Dickinson on Saturday. The victory capped off a solid spring break in which the Crimson won two of its three matches.The Harvard men’s lacrosse team leveled its conference record on Saturday afternoon with its first Ivy League win coming against Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H. Harvard never trailed on its way to a 9-6 victory.After breaking into the AP Top 25, the No. 23 Harvard men’s tennis team (12-4) captured the Mission Valley Spring Classic. The Crimson finished with a 4-2 win Saturday over No. 20 Drake (17-2), culminating a three-day stretch in which the team took 12 of 16 matches.After a long and tiring stay in Texas, the Harvard baseball team evidently saved the best for last. The Crimson took two out of three from Houston Baptist in a series spanning from Friday to Sunday. After dropping the first contest, Harvard went on to defeat the Huskies, 4-3, and took the final game by a 6-1 margin.Faced with a tough schedule of eight games in eight days, the Crimson (13-9, 2-0 CWPA) amassed valuable experience in the pool, especially with five games coming against teams nationally ranked.The Harvard women’s lacrosse team (2-4, 1-2 Ivy) earned its first conference victory against the Bulldogs (4-4, 0-3 Ivy), 10-5, on Saturday afternoon. The benefitted from a diverse offensive attack driven by captain Micaela Cyr and fellow senior Danielle Tetrault, along with freshman Alexis Nicolia. The three each notched two goals through the contest.The Dragons’ guards ran the show as Drexel controlled the offensive glass and ended Harvard's postseason run with a 82-72 win.The 14th-seeded Cinderella was overmatched physically and talent-wise on both sides of the ball by six-seeded Arizona, which dominated en route to a 74-51 victory in the NCAA Tournament’s third round.History will call it a blowout.The Harvard men's basketball team's Cinderella run came to an end Saturday in a blowout loss to Arizona in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.Five was the magic number for the Harvard women’s lacrosse team against Marquette Tuesday.This time last year, the Arizona men’s basketball team had just fallen to Bucknell on its home court in the first round of the NIT.Before the game against Arizona on Saturday (6:10 EDT, TNT), The Back Page brings you a quick ‘By the Numbers’ preview about what to look for against the Wildcats.In preparation for Harvard’s third-round matchup against the Arizona Wildcats (26-7, 12-6 Pac-12) on Saturday (6:10 EST, TNT), staff writer ...True story: My grandmother called this morning to ask if I watched Harvard win its first basketball game ever over ...After shocking New Mexico in the NCAA tournament's second round, the Crimson looks to achieve its second straight upset against No. 6 Arizona.SALT LAKE CITY—The Harvard men’s basketball team surprised many by being back at EnergySolutions Arena on Friday for a press conference and closed practice.After winning the first round of the tournament, the Crimson will take on the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday (6:10 EDT, TNT) in the round of 32. With a Sweet Sixteen bid on the line, staff writer David Freed breaks down the individual matchups at stake for the Crimson.Growing up in Los Angeles, sophomore Crimson wing Wesley Saunders grew up in the heart of Pac-12 country. Saunders, who said he lived “five minutes from USC,” never was a big fan of any of the conference’s squads growing up. Saunders considered both USC and the University of Colorado before selecting Harvard for college. But the sophomore was also interested in one of the conference’s premier programs and Harvard’s Saturday opponent—the Arizona Wildcats (26-7, 12-4 Pac-12)—in high school.After the Harvard men's basketball team topped the University of New Mexico on Thursday night, it's time for the Crimson to turn its attention to its next opponent: the University of Arizona. To get the inside scoop on the Wildcats, we caught up with Kevin Zimmerman of Arizona Desert Swarm.After making history last year by becoming the first Ivy team to record a victory in the WNIT, the Harvard women’s basketball team is doing damage again in this year's tournament.SALT LAKE CITY—Though the Harvard men’s basketball team was 2,500 miles away from Cambridge on Thursday night, familiar chants of “I believe that we will win” filled Energy Solutions Arena as the clock wound down.The Harvard men’s basketball team had plenty of opportunities to let this one slip away. And nobody would have blamed the Crimson if it had.After a thrilling 68-62 victory of the University of New Mexico Lobos, the Harvard Crimson advance to take on the ...The No. 14 seed Crimson shocked the college basketball world when it upset No. 3 New Mexico Thursday night in Salt Lake City, giving the program its first-ever NCAA Tournament win.SALT LAKE CITY—When Harvard junior co-captain Laurent Rivard takes the court Thursday evening at EnergySolutions Arena, he will be following ...For Harvard coach Tommy Amaker, drawing the University of New Mexico in the NCAA tournament is a flashback his senior year of college. The national Defensive Player of the Year, Amaker was the lone starter returning from a Duke squad that made the tournament final in 1986. Back before Duke was Duke, with Blue Devil coach Mike Krzyzewski not yet the household name he would become, Amaker played a starring role for the 1987 Duke squad.In its first weekday game of the season, the Harvard softball team lost a close 8-7 game to Loyola Marymount.SALT LAKE CITY—What began in Vatican City continues on in Salt Lake City.In the first half of its annual trip to California, the Harvard women’s water polo team had no shortage of time in the pool. The Crimson (13-6) took part in five games in three days against West Coast foes, coming out on top in the first three and dropping the next two.The Harvard mens volleyball team’s struggles continued on Monday night, as the Crimson continued their spring break tour of California against the Lancers of California Baptist University.After playing three games over the weekend, the Harvard baseball team received no break and took to the diamond in Texas for four games in just three days.The Harvard men’s lacrosse team was aided on Wednesday by great games from its seniors and a key freshman as it challenged the team from Bryant University.The University of New Mexico Lobos are back in the NCAA tournament for the second straight season, but this year seems to be different.SALT LAKE CITY—The Harvard men’s basketball team felt the absence of point guard Corbin Miller when it travelled to Miller’s hometown for the second round of the NCAA tournament.With just over 24 hours to go until its second round NCAA Tournament matchup with No. 3 New Mexico, the No. 14 Crimson joined seven other West Region teams in an afternoon of press conferences and preparation.SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—In the midst of Open Practice Day at EnergySolutions Arena, brackets are everywhere. From the posters on ...Harvard football may not compete at the highest level collegiately, but every year, players from Crimson coach Tim Murphy’s program ...With Harvard’s tournament fate decided—the Crimson will head to Salt Lake City to take on the University of New Mexico ...With Harvard’s tournament fate decided—the Crimson will head to Salt Lake City to take on the University of New Mexico ...From 2011-12 to 2012-13, few college basketball players in the country improved their production more than Harvard sophomore Wesley Saunders.The Harvard women’s basketball team learned late on Monday night that it will face the Hawks of the University of Hartford in the first round of the WNIT tournament on Thursday night in West Hartford, Conn.Before the Harvard men’s basketball team’s Thursday night matchup with New Mexico in the second round of the NCAA tournament, we caught up with J.R. Oppenheim from the New Mexico Daily Lobo to learn more about the Crimson’s opponent.The evolution of sophomore forwards Jonah Travis, Kenyatta Smith and Steve Mondou-Missi—who all averaged fewer than 14 minutes per game as freshmen—has been key to the Crimson’s late-season success. Though the three have developed distinct roles and identities, their playing time has been inexorably linked to each other’s success in a lineup that tends to employ four perimeter players, leaving space for one inside presence.The Crimson (1-9) continued to struggle early in the season and was swept by No. 27 Rice (14-7), which outscored Harvard 26-4 over the course of the three-game series.With a second-place finish in the one-meter, Mosca became the first Harvard diver since 2003 to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships.Four unanswered fourth-quarter goals propelled Brown to an 11-9 home win over the Harvard men's lacrosse team Saturday night in the teams' Ivy League opener.The Crimson opened the weekend with a win and split the remaining four contests to start its spring break road trip.The Harvard men’s basketball team will face the University of New Mexico Thursday in Salt Lake City in its NCAA tournament opener.The Crimson dropped a matchup against one of the NCAA's best to fall to 0-4.One of Desmond Bryant ’09’s childhood dreams has finally come true.Daniel Grafstein previews a possible Harvard tournament matchup against the Miami Hurricanes.David Freed previews a possible tournament matchup against Oklahoma State for the Harvard men's basketball team.David Freed previews a possible tournament matchup for the Harvard Crimson against Florida.Andrew Mooney previews a possible tournament matchup against MSU for the men's basketball team.David Steinbach previews the men's basketball team's possible matchup with KansasHope Schwartz previews a possible tournament matchup against the Ohio State Buckeyes. |