Soccer Team Needs Win to Chase Penn

Still suffering from the epidemic of injuries that broke out on the Astroturf of Franklin Field last Friday night, the Harvard soccer team meets Princeton today at 10:30 a.m. at the Business School Field. And even though the Tigers are mired in the second division of the Ivy League, their hopes for an upset are far from unfounded.

Princeton carries a 4-3-1 record into today's game, and they have performed respectably against tough competition. After losing to Columbia, 2-1, early in the season, the Tigers gave Cornell a scare before succumbing, 4-3, at Ithaca. Penn beat them, 3-0, but last Saturday Brown could only manage a 2-2 tie.

The big factor in today's game will be Harvard's injuries. Forwards Charlie Thomas and Felix Adedeji still haven't recovered from last week's injuries. Linkmen. Nourie Harrower and Emanuel Ekama are doubtful starters, and this loss of strength at midfield may severely hamper the effectiveness of Harvard's 4-2-4 formation.

"We won't use any of these four against Princeton if we can get away with it," coach Bruce Munro said.

Fullback Chris Wilmot hasn't fully recovered from his back injury, but he is expected to start today.

Henry Sideropoulos and Ron Padmore will replace Adedeji and Thomas on the line, and Russ Bell and Bahman Mossavar-Rahmani will be the starting linkmen. In the practices this past week Munro has been concentrating on working with these new starters in game situations.

Princeton started out the season with a 4-2-4 formation, but they have switched into a 4-3-3. "Our defense is better than last year's, and with this new system we have been scoring some goals," Princeton coach Jack Volz said. "We don't have the all-around talent that Harvard, Penn and even Brown have, but our calibre of play has definitely improved."

Princeton's scoring threats are sophomores Chip Caine and Steve DuGan. DuGan will start at halfback, but if Princeton is able to contain Harvard at midfield, he will probably move up to the line. "I'll probably keep Caine out until I've spotted Harvard's weakness, and then I'll put him in there. You have to be conniving in this game," Volz said.

Harvard beat Princeton last year, 3-1, and the year before, 3-2. "We always get up for these games up here in Cambridge," Volz said. SOCCER STANDINGS   W  L  T  PTS Penn  4  0  0  8 Cornell  3  1  0  6 Harvard  3  1  0  6 Yale  2  1  1  5 Brown  1  1  2  4 Columbia  1  3  0  2 Princeton  0  3  1  1 Dartmouth  0  4  0  0

TODAY'S SCHEDULE

Princeton at Harvard

Dartmouth at Columbia

Penn at New Haven

Brown at Cornell

TODAY'S SCHEDULE

Princeton at Harvard

Dartmouth at Columbia

Penn at New Haven

Brown at Cornell