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Field Hockey Looks to Defend Ivy League Tournament Title

No. 11 Harvard field hockey has had a dominant season. While not unexpected given its deep bench and impressive lineup of returning players, the team is hungrier than ever for a chance to defend its title of Ivy League Tournament Champions.  No. 13 Princeton (14-4, 7-0 Ivy) derailed the Crimson’s hopes of hosting the tournament in Cambridge, after a showdown in October that ended with an overtime heartbreak for Harvard. Not only did the loss quash any hopes for the team being crowned the outright regular-season champion, but it also set a fire under the girls as it quieted the team’s cheers on its 50th anniversary of incorporation as a Division-I Harvard team.

Blanks Defends Title, Becomes 2024 Ivy League Cross Country Champion

This past Saturday, Graham Blanks made history yet again. By running the fastest 8 km time in Ivy League Heptagonal Championship history, with a remarkable 22:14.6 finish — 32 seconds ahead of Penn’s Dylan Throop — Blanks defended his conference title in dominant fashion.

Men’s Hockey’s Late Start Leads to Scrappy Loss in Season Opener

The thunderous cheers of the crowd at Bright Landry on Friday night were not enough to propel the men’s hockey team (0-1-0, 0-1-0 ECAC) to victory in its season opener. Despite having home ice advantage against Dartmouth (1-0-0, 1-0-0 ECAC), the Crimson was unable to outskate the Big Green, falling in a hard-fought 2-1 battle.

Harvard Stages 4th Quarter Comeback to Dethrone Dartmouth, Rise in Ivy Standings

Harvard’s football team bested a previously undefeated Dartmouth team in a comeback victory that allowed the Crimson to rise to the top of the Ivy League standings.

Men's Tennis Finds Mixed Success at ITA Tournament

This past week saw Beren Tennis Centre play host to the Men's ITA New England Regionals, a five-day event running from Thursday through Monday. The main draw featured nine Harvard athletes amongst a field of 150 other competitors, with eight competing in the singles event and five duos representing the Crimson in doubles. The competition would see the finalists of the single event and the doubles champions earn the opportunity to move on to the NCAA Individual Championships later this year, hosted in Waco, Texas.

The Breakfast Club Continues to Offer Lessons Beyond the Court

Harvard men’s basketball coach Tommy Amaker knows that building a great team is about more than athletic skill. There's no better example of Amaker putting this principle into practice than at The Breakfast Club, a treasured Harvard basketball tradition.

With Title Hopes on the Line, Harvard Faces Undefeated No. 22 Dartmouth

As Dartmouth students light a massive bonfire on Friday night as part of their annual homecoming celebration, the Harvard football team will be hoping to throw water on the flames the following afternoon — the one that’s carried the Big Green to an undefeated 6-0 start, heading into its matchup with the Crimson (5-1, 2-1 Ivy).

Women's Soccer Bests UPenn, Keeps Tournament Hopes Alive

Harvard women’s soccer (6-3-5, 2-3-1 Ivy) faced off against the UPenn Quakers (1-7-6, 0-4-2 Ivy) in a high-stakes, must-win Ivy League showdown that would help keep the squad’s Ivy Tournament dream alive. In a thrilling fashion, the Crimson scored a late goal in the final minutes of the match to prevail victorious, 1-0.

Big Green Beatdown, Women’s Volleyball Defeats Dartmouth

After two straight winless weekends, the Harvard women’s volleyball team (9-8, 4-4 Ivy) got back on track taking down Dartmouth (9-9, 2-6 Ivy) 3-1 on the road. This was the second victory for the Crimson over the Big Green this season as Harvard won the previous matchup at home also in 3-1 fashion. The Crimson have now won four straight over Dartmouth, having not lost to its rivals from Hanover since 2022.

Rozolis-Hill Reaches New Heights, Breaks All-Time Goals Record for Men’s Water Polo

On Oct. 12th, Rozolis-Hill cemented his place as a modern Harvard legend and the all-time leading goal scorer in program history. With the shot heard ‘round Blodgett, he surpassed a record that stood for over a decade.