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[email protected] and put “Email News & Views” in the NEWS & VIEWS of Harvard Sports subject line and you will receive the next issue in your inbox, days ahead of the printed version. Vol. 46, No. 9 May 7, 2004 Two Ivy Titles and Postseason Play Highlight Spring Season by Chuck Sullivan MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT CREW ule complete, this Crimson crew appears Director of Athletic Communications (5-0) poised to somehow surpass its lofty goals. Expectations were high for Harvard, In what figured to be its toughest test of the MEN’S TENNIS which came into the 2004 season as the pro- regular season, top-ranked Harvard took a (17-6, 7-0 Ivy League) hibitive favorite to repeat as national cham- four-length win against fifth-ranked North- Ranked No. 20 in the most recent Inter- pions. With the head-to-head racing sched- eastern on the Charles River on May 1. The collegiate Tennis Association computer Crimson defeated the Huskies by 14.2 sec- poll, Harvard breezed through the Ivy onds, finishing in 6:11.4. League and captured its second straight Harvard enjoys an off week to prepare league championship. for the Eastern Sprints, which will be held Having earned the league’s auto- May 15 in Worcester, MA. The Crimson sits matic bid into the NCAA tournament, atop the Eastern rankings in the first var- Harvard learns of its pairing on May 5. sity, second varsity and first freshman boat Senior David Lingman (Irvine, CA) rankings.