Harvard and Radcliffe sports teams struggled through a topsy-turvy week in the final seven days before reading period, flirting alternately with fiascos and great successes.
Senior track captain Jeff Campbell penciled in another stellar performance on his four-year resume, setting a meet record in the GBC's with a 4:04.1 mile. The fledgling--or rather, once-fledgling--women's track team barreled out of oblivion with a pair of tri-meet victories.
But there were some not-so-rosy stories for the week, too. The men's tennis finished second in the New England Championships, the baseball team went 3-2 and women's lacrosse logged in with a 1-1-1 record. Not bad, really, except that the racquetmen had won the championship for 12 straight years, the batsmen previously had been 12-1 before the week and the laxwomen had been 6-1.
Back on the Dr. Jekyll side of things, the Harvard-Radcliffe crews--as one might guess--plowed through their opponents in an unbeaten weekend. And besides, for the losers, there's always next week.
TRACK & FIELD
MEN'S SCHEDULE
May 2--Second to N.E. in GBC's at B.C.
Jeff Campbell wins outstanding meet performer aware for meet record 4:04.1 mile run
May 7--Heptagonals at Penn
May 10 vs. Army
May 20 and 21--IC4A Championships at Penn
Record--4.1
WOMEN'S SCHEDULE
April 29--win with 83-pt. total over UConn (56), Fitchburg St.(9)
May 3--win with 75.5-pt. total over Dartmouth (60.5), Williams (12)
May 6 vs. New Hampshire
Record--5-2
GOLF
April 28--Second in tri-match at The Country Club
URI 395, Harvard 410, Williams 416 Alex Vik (75) takes co-medalist honors
April 30--Win with 427 total vs. Providence (429) and Dartmouth (431)
May 3--Second in GBC's to B.C. by five strokes, 793 to 798
Jim Dales leads Harvard with 156 total
May 5 and 6--NCAA Div. 1 qualifying tournament at Pleasant Valley C.C.
May 7 EIGA Tournament at West Point, N.Y.
Record--10-2 in dual matches, third in Ivy Championships, second in GBC's
TENNIS
MEN'S SCHEDULE
April 29 and 30--Second place in N.E. Championships at Amherst
Dan Waldman and Todd Lundy win "A" doubles
Kevin Shaw and Scott Walker win "B" doubles
Walker second in "B" doubles
Waldman and Lundy recommended for NCAA tournament
May 6 vs. Brown at Framingham, Mass.
May 10 at Princeton
May 13 at Army
May 14 at Cornell
May 19 at Dartmouth
Record--5-4 overall, 3-1 League'
WOMEN'S SCHEDULE
April 28--3-4 loss at B.C.
April 30--Fourth in Ivy Tournament at Smith
May 6 at Dartmouth
Record--3-3
LACROSSE
MEN'S SCHEDULE
April 30--17-7 loss at Princeton
May 7 vs. UMass
May 10 vs. Williams
May 14 at Dartmouth
Record--4-6 overall, 1-4 Ivy League
MEN'S J.V. SCHEDULE
May 7 vs. UMass
May 10 vs. Williams
May 14 at Dartmouth
WOMEN'S SCHEDULE
May 30--6-6 tie vs. Dartmouth, 9-7 loss vs. Yale
May 3--7-6 win at Tufts
May 7 and 8--N.E. Tournament (Semifinals) at Williamstown
May 11 vs. New Hampshire
May 14 and 15--N.E. Tournament, Finals
Record--7-2-1
BASEBALL
SCHEDULE
April 27--10-0 win vs. MIT
April 29--6-3 loss at Navy
April 30--6-0, 7-3 sweep at Princeton
May 2--10-7 loss vs. B.C.
May 6 vs. Brown
May 7 vs. Northeastern
May 9 vs. Yale (doubleheader)
May 13 at Army
May 14 at Cornell (doubleheader)
May 16 vs. Brandeis
May 19 at Dartmouth (doubleheader)
Record--16-3 overall, 2-2 Eastern League, 5-1 GBL
J.V. BASEBALL
May 4 at Exeter
May 9 at Northeastern
May 11 vs. Quincy J.C.
May 14 at Andover
May 19 at Dartmouth
CREW
Men'S HEAVYWEIGHT SCHEDULE
April 16--sweep vs. Syracuse
April 23--sweep vs. Brown
April 30--sweep at Princeton, MIT
Varsity 6:04.6 to Princeton's 6:13.0 to MIT's 6:16.6
May 7 vs. Penn, Navy (Adams Cup)
May 15--Eastern Sprints at Princeton
May 21 at Yale (Sexton Cup)
June 18 vs. Navy, at New London, Conn. (4-mile Middendorf Trophy race)
MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT SCHEDULE
April 16--sweep vs. Columbia
April 23--sweep vs. Dartmouth, MIT
April 30--sweep at Navy
Varsity 6:09 to Navy's 6:10
May 8 at Princeton, Yale (Goldthwait Cup)
May 15--Eastern Sprints at Princeton
RADCLIFFE HEAVYWEIGHT SCHEDULE
April 16--win at Princeton
April 23--win vs. B.U., Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, Wellesley
May 1--win vs. Rutgers, Connecticut College
Winning time 5:06, to Rutgers 5:11 to C.C.'s 5:16
May 7 at Williams
May 21 at Yale
RADCLIFFE LIGHTWEIGHT SCHEDULE
April 16--loss vs. Andover
April 23--win over B.U., Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown
May 7 at Williams
May 15--Eastern Sprints at Worcester, Mass.
May 21 at Yale
SAILING
MEN'VARSITY SAILING
May 1--Fourth-place finish at the New England Regionals at Coast Guard. The men missed a berth in June's North American championships by a scant four points, and are now in drydock until next season.
WOMEN'S VARSITY SAILING
April 30--Fifth-place finish at the Powder Puff regatta at the University of Rhode Island
May 1--Third-place at NEWISA meet at Tufts
May 7-8--New England Regionals; the top three finishers qualify for June's North American women's championships.
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