Although sophomore May Cascells-Hamby may have gotten this week’s Athlete of the Week award, plenty of other Harvard athletes submitted excellent performances over the last week that merited recognition of their own.
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Athlete of the Week: Runners Up
Published by David Freed on October 16, 2012 at 10:12PM
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Non-Conference Breakdown: UMass
Published by James M. Acer on October 16, 2012 at 10:12PM
With the Harvard men’s basketball team’s season opener less than a month away, The Back Page is breaking down the Crimson’s non-conference opponents. Each week, we will take a look at two new foes. Last Thursday we profiled MIT. Next up is UMass.
In just over four weeks, the Harvard men’s basketball squad will head down the Mass Pike to Amherst, where it opens its Division I schedule against the University of Massachusetts on Nov. 13. Despite dotting its non-conference schedule with other Atlantic-10 opponents like St. Joseph’s and Fordham in recent years, Harvard has not faced UMass in over two decades. The Minutemen dominated the last rendition of this interstate matchup in 1991, cruising to a 35-point win.
Harvard should certainly be able to improve on its last performance against UMass, but the Crimson will not have an easy time with an athletic Minuteman squad that has received some preseason hype.
Non-Conference Breakdown: MIT
Published by Hope Schwartz on October 13, 2012 at 10:12PM
With the Harvard men’s basketball team’s season opener less than a month away, The Back Page is breaking down the Crimson’s non-conference opponents. Each week, we will take a look at two new foes. First up is MIT.
When the Harvard men’s basketball team welcomes crosstown rival MIT to Lavietes Pavilion on Nov. 9, it will mark the second straight year the Crimson has opened its season against the Engineers.
MIT, which competes in the Division III NEWMAC Conference, dropped last year’s contest 76-49.
Although the Crimson dominated the matchup, forward Will Tashman, then a junior, posed problems for Harvard, scoring a team-high 16 points. Tashman was a crucial piece of the Engineers’ offense all season, averaging 11.5 points and 9.6 rebounds per contest.
Athlete of the Week: Runners Up
Published by Samantha Lin on October 10, 2012 at 11:40PM
Senior quarterback Colton Chapple threw for 362 yards and four touchdowns in a key Ivy contest against Cornell in front of 7,112 fans at Harvard Stadium. The Crimson football team earned a No. 21/22 national ranking after this weekend’s dominant performance.
While football standout Andrew Berg may have snagged The Crimson’s Athlete of the Week award, three other Harvard athletes’ stellar performances during this past seven days have earned them recognition as well.
Alumni Tracker: Fitzpatrick Falters, Lin Recovers
Published by Hope Schwartz on October 10, 2012 at 11:34PM
“Fitzmagic” fizzled this week, as Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 fell short in a 45-3 rout by the San Francisco 49ers. After throwing for 400 yards last week, he failed to find the end zone and was held to 126 passing yards with an interception. The Bills front office maintains that it has confidence in Fitzpatrick and will not look to make any changes in the near future.
