First-year Coach Barry Haskell almost turned his rookie season into a title one.
Wait 'til next year, Barry.
On the Cornell baseball field in Ithaca, N.Y., the Harvard baseball team bounced out of the EIBL cellar with a sweep over the Big Red. The next day, the Crimson swept the Tigers in Princeton. Harvard had turned its mediocre season around.
See you later, basement. Nice knowing you.
May 21, 1989, the NCAA women's lacrosse championship game, West Chester, Pa.
In the land where lacrosse rules and teams from Pennsylvania use golden sticks, the Harvard women's lacrosse team ran out of time.
Trailing 6-1 in the first half, the Crimson bounced back. Late in the game, Co-Captain Lisi Bailliere cut the lead to 7-6. But the Nittany Lions took a page out of Dean Smith and stalled their way to a national title.
Harvard was still one of the best teams in the nation. No kidding around.