Sports Front Feature
‘On a Mission’: Newly elected Rugby Captain Nafanua “Nafi” Fitisemanu ’24-26 on Leadership, Spirituality and Championship Mentality
When the Harvard women’s rugby team voted for its captain, a consensus was immediately reached: the team wanted junior Nafanua "Nafi" Fitisemanu. Her journey, guided by her faith and time away from campus, has brought her to this moment.
‘Training Like a Champion’: After Record-Breaking Season, Harvard Indoor Track Hopeful for Ivy League Championship
Harvard Track and Field will look to build on a record-breaking season this weekend at Indoor Ivy League championships, after setting more than ten school and league records since December.
Harvard Women’s Basketball Dominates Dartmouth, Improves to 17-3
Harvard women's basketball improved to 17-3 following a dominating 66-31 win over Dartmouth. Powered by an intense defense, senior guard Harmoni Turner dropped 21 points as Elena Rodriguez and Saniyah Glenn-Bello added double-digit scoring efforts.
Harvard Sweeps No. 17 Penn State in Season’s First Conference Match-Up
The Harvard Men’s Volleyball Team dominated perennial conference power No. 17 Penn State with a three-set win Friday night, giving the Crimson a surge of momentum to start their weekend against the Nittany Lion.
Harvard Blown Out 7-1 in Beanpot Semis Against No. 10 Boston University After Second Period Collapse
At the 72nd annual Beanpot Tournament, the Harvard men’s ice hockey team dropped the semifinal game to the Boston University Terriers in a crushing 7-1 defeat.
A Night to Remember
From left to right, Harvard Athletics Director Erin McDermott, Angela Ruggiero ’04, Soledad O’Brien ’88, the Honorable Maura T. Healey ’92, and Jojo Neilson Boynton ’88, President of the Harvard Varsity Club, pose for a picture at the Varsity's Club gala dinner at Lavietes Pavillion last Saturday celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX.
Future Trailblazers
Members of the Harvard women's ice hockey team pose for a picture at the Title IX event at Lavietes Pavillion on Saturday. Women's ice hockey alumna Angela Ruggiero '04, CEO and co-founder of the Sports Innovation Lab, received the Trailblazer Award.
A Red Carpet Affair
Lavietes Pavillion was turned into a red carpet for a dinner celebration of Harvard female student-athletes in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Title IX amendment.
A Red Carpet Affair: Harvard Athletics Honors 50th Anniversary of Title IX
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, Harvard Athletics has showcased the achievements of Harvard female student-athletes, past and present, through a season’s worth of programming.
Ahead of 5th Annual Fundraiser at El Jefe’s, Ben Abercrombie Continues ‘Inspirational’ Recovery
The routine tackle left Ben Abercrombie ’21-’23 paralyzed from the neck down. But five years later, Abercrombie is slowly but surely making progress, with a wide coalition of allies by his side. That coalition includes his parents Marty and Sherri, who live with him in his Winthrop House suite, his teammates, as well as an unlikely source — El Jefe’s Taqueria.
Peaking at the Right Time, Harvard Football Thrashes Penn, 37-14, to Keep Ivy League Title Hopes Alive
Harvard football (6-2, 4-2) needed everything to go right on Saturday to stay in contention for an Ivy League title. Defeating Penn (6-2, 4-2) was a must. It also had to root for its biggest rival, Yale (6-2, 5-1), to come up with an upset against Princeton (7-1, 5-1). In Philadelphia, the Crimson took care of business, thrashing the Quakers through the air and on the ground en route to a 37-14 victory. And thanks to the Bulldogs’ 24-20 victory over the Tigers in New Haven, Conn., an improbable scenario in which four teams could share the conference championship inched closer to reality. The win also clinched the team's first undefeated road record since 2015.
No Rocky Road: Harvard Men's and Women's Fencing Dominate Opponents in Air Force Western Invitational in Colorado
The Harvard women’s and men’s fencing teams got off to a hot start in last weekend's season-opening meets. Both teams traveled to the Air Force Academy in Colorado to compete in the Air Force Western Invitational on Saturday and Sunday. The men won six out of its seven matches in the Rockies, while the women went undefeated across eight matches.
In ‘Game of Inches,’ Harvard Football Drops 21-20 Contest to Columbia; All But Mathematically Eliminated From Ivy League Contention
According to Harvard head coach Tim Murphy, football is a "game of inches". During Saturday’s game between Harvard (5-3, 3-2) and Columbia (4-4, 1-4), the Crimson needed just a few more inches. After opting to kick a 42-yard field goal down by one on fourth and one with just over a minute remaining, Murphy’s faith in his senior kicker, Jonah Lipel, was not rewarded. Instead, a Lions defender got a fingertip on the football, which veered left and clanked off the left upright, shattering the hopes of Harvard’s players and the hearts of the fans who had gathered on a balmy fall afternoon to watch the team play. The 21-20 victory was Columbia’s first at Harvard Stadium since a 28-24 win on Sept. 16, 1995.
Preview: Harvard Football Seeks to Protect the Den Against Hungry Columbia Lions
Right now, Harvard football is knotted up with Penn and Yale in the Ivy League standings, two heavyweights who have only taken one loss in the conference and look to be the only other teams who could potentially steal the league crown from undefeated Princeton. The Crimson (5-2, 3-1) will play both those rivals in this final three-week stretch of the season, but this weekend, it will have to wait to prove its conference mettle, as it takes on struggling Columbia (3-4, 0-4) at home on Saturday.
Harvard Women's Ice Hockey Struggles in Season-Opening Homestand Against Ranked Opponents
After an offseason that saw a lot of roster turnover and the integration of many fresh faces into its lineup, Harvard women’s ice hockey was challenged early in a four-game homestand to open its 2022-23 season. It faced the monumental task of developing team chemistry while simultaneously winning games against quality opponents. Ultimately, the first four games of the season underlined just how much work the Crimson still has to do, as it managed just one victory – a shutout of Dartmouth – while suffering three setbacks, at the hands of Quinnipiac, Yale, and Brown.
