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The Year in Review

November 16: Harvard tops Penn, 17-7, to move into a tie for first place in Ivy League football.

November 23: Yale stuns the gridders, 17-7, to deny the Crimson an Ivy title.

November 30: Freshman Neil Phillips hits a bank shot to clinch a 64-62 win over Vermont for the men's basketball team, the first win in the Peter Roby coaching era.

December 4: The women's swimming team breaks Brown's 18-meet Ivy streak, 83-57.

December 7: Scott Fusco sets the all-time Harvard goal-scoring record in an 11-3 win over Cornell.

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February 22: The women's basketball team over-comes Cornell, 77-57, to share its first-ever Ivy crown.

March 2: The women cagers cop the Ivy League Tourney with a 75-66 win over Dartmouth.

March 8: Freshman Ed Krayer's first career hat trick eliminates Colgate in the ECAC quarterfinals.

March 29: Mike Donnelly's goal with 2:51 remaining in the NCAA final clinches the championships for Michigan State, 6-5. Scott Fusco is named Hobey Baker Award winner.

May 2-4: Harvard hosts the national championships in water polo.

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November 15: The men's soccer team beats Yale, 2-1 on penalty kicks, in the NCAA tournament behind the play of goalie Chad Reilly.

November 23: The booters overcome B.U., 2-0, to win the New England regional.

November 30: Harvard tops Hartwick, 3-1, to advance to the men's soccer NCAA Final Four.

December 6: Duke ends the Crimson's dream of an NCAA title, 3-1.

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