Senior Colin West took home the men's squash national title in his final season at Harvard.
Although Harvard is not typically appreciated as the embodiment of athletic talent, a number of our competitors, both upper and underclassmen, have proven this year that our university has not only the brains but the brawn.
One can easily point out the names that have distinguished Harvard for athletic prowess: Colin West, J.P. O’Connor, Caroline Vloka, Andre Akpan, Laura Gemmell, and Jeremy Lin.
The women's club rugby team headed to Ireland for a Spring Break filled with athletic competition and cultural exploration.
Spring break is a cherished memory of the seemingly distant past, remembered as a time when one had the chance to take a break from work and escape from the Harvard bubble to warmer climates. Yet, for the Radcliffe Rugby Football Club, the direction of travel wasn’t south, but rather, east.
Its final destination? Ireland.
The members of the women’s club rugby team journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean to spend eight days in the Emerald Isle, where they tested their skills against international competition, tried the local cuisine, and saw historical sites and cultural events.
Sophomore Jeff Cohen, shown here in earlier action, will lead the Harvard men's lacrosse team as it takes on Duke this Friday.
The Harvard-Duke lacrosse game this Friday not only represents the meeting of two lacrosse and academic powerhouses, but it also marks the latest installment in the budding Ivy League-ACC rivalry.
Yes, the Ivy League-ACC rivalry.
While the competition between the two conferences may be largely limited to lacrosse—though don’t forget the Crimson’s recent success against Boston College in men’s basketball and men's soccer, it’s nothing short of the SEC-Big 12 college football rivalry in intrigue and intensity.
For the Ivy League, winter has officially ended, as the three teams left dancing in their NCAA Tournaments—Yale and Cornell men’s hockey and the Big Red men’s basketball —all bowed out last weekend. So now, we at The Back Page can turn our attention to the spring season, with renewed rivalries, national powerhouses, and rainouts. Lots and lots of rainouts.
Let’s take a quick look around the Ivies.
As first reported by the Boston Globe early Tuesday morning, men's basketball coach Al Skinner has been let go from his position at Boston College. Skinner, who had been at BC since 1997 and was the school's winningest men's basketball coach, had his contract bought out last Wednesday, two days prior to his interview at St. John's—which hired ex-UCLA coach Steve Lavin Tuesday. Though he led his team to seven NCAA tournament appearances in 13 years, Skinner had struggled recently, as the Eagles finished under .500 twice in the past three seasons. According to some critics, the expectations of the ACC post were rather unrealistic.
The Ivy League figures to be a factor in filling the vacancy.
