News
Cambridge Residents Slam Council Proposal to Delay Bike Lane Construction
News
‘Gender-Affirming Slay Fest’: Harvard College QSA Hosts Annual Queer Prom
News
‘Not Being Nerds’: Harvard Students Dance to Tinashe at Yardfest
News
Wrongful Death Trial Against CAMHS Employee Over 2015 Student Suicide To Begin Tuesday
News
Cornel West, Harvard Affiliates Call for University to Divest from ‘Israeli Apartheid’ at Rally
Coach Dana Getchell's undefeated freshman soccer team travels to Hanover today to face Dartmouth in their first Ivy League contest.
The Dartmouth team has compiled an undistinguished 2-2 record, losing to Williams and Brown, but Getchell anticipates a "sky high" opponent out to spoil the freshmen's four-game winning streak this season.
Little Trouble Moving
Harvard beat back a challenge by a tough Exeter team Wednesday in a tough 3-1 win. Exeter pulled back seven men on defense each time Harvard attacked. The Yardlings had little trouble moving the ball up the field, but they could not penetrate the pack of Exeter defenders stationed in front of the goal.
"I'm glad Exeter did that," Getchell said, "because it gave us a taste of what Dartmouth is going to do. Our halfbacks and insidemen are going to have to move the ball up quicker by using through passes."
Exceptional Defense
Wing Russ Bell, coming back from a groin injury, scored two goals, and inside Skip Marotta tallied one goal, but Getchell singled out the exceptional defensive work of halfbacks Chris Ferner and Chris Wilmot as decisive. Fullbacks Red Jahncke and Barnes Abbott, whom he calls "the best pair together I have ever had," also spearheaded a defense that allowed only one goal.
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.