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W. Soccer Starts Season With Split
Crimson wins opener but loses to Nittany Lions
After a 3-0 season-opening victory over New Hampshire on Friday at Ohiri Field that included the triumphant return of co-captain Emily Stauffer to the lineup, the Harvard women's soccer team was sitting on top of the world. NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 HARVARD 3 But red-hot Penn State roared into Cambridge and with a 2-1 win put a damper on an otherwise hopeful start to Harvard's 1998 campaign. The Crimson became the third-straight ranked team to fall victim to the Nittany Lions, 2-1, in front of about 1,000 fans yesterday at Ohiri. Harvard (1-1), ranked 19th, poured 19 shots on goal while limiting No. 16 Penn State (4-0) to just 13 shots, but Lion goalie Emily Oleksiuk's 11 saves kept the Crimson off the scoreboard for the last 77 minutes of the game. "[Penn State] is a good defensive team and they've got a good goalkeeper." Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton said. "We were a little unlucky in that we had some good chances but we couldn't put them away. We lost our composure a little bit, partly because it was only the second game of the year and we haven't played from behind yet." Harvard jumped out to an early lead when forward Beth Zotter took a pass from co-captain Emily Stauffer and scored on a 20-yard shot. Co-captain Devon Bingham made the play possible by heading a goal kick to Stauffer from midfield to keep the Crimson attack going. Harvard continued to move the ball downfield efficiently throughout the game, but no more shots were successful. "I think Harvard was better than we were today," Penn State Coach Pat Farmer said. "You don't expect young teams like ours to play through that and find a way to score some goals, but I'm really happy that we were able score." "I think we played pretty well," fullback Gina Foster said. "There was a period of about 25 minutes where we were just totally on and we were going at them constantly and then the tide seemed to turn a little bit." It turned with 16:35 left in the first half when Lion forward Courtney Lawson beat the Crimson to the ball at the edge of the goal box and evaded Harvard goalie Anne Browning on her way to the goal. The rejuvenated Penn State squad quieted the Harvard offense for the rest of the half. With just 81 seconds left before intermission, Lion midfielder Erin Cochran gave Penn State the lead for good. Midfielder Kelly Convey and forward Carole Dutchka created the play by drawing Browning to the right side of the goal box to give Cochran an open shot in front of the net. "[Penn State] definitely hustled to every ball and were right on top of us all Scoring Har--Stauffer (unassisted) 3:31. Har--Foster (Stauffer) 14:50. Har--Miller (Stauffer) 54:03. Saves: UNH--Snellings 4, Springer 6; Har--Browning 3, Burney 2. Scoring Har--Zotter (Stauffer, Bingham) 12:13. PSU--Lawson (unassisted) 28:25. PSU--Cochran (Convey, Dutchka) 43:39. Saves: PSU--Oleksiuk 11; Har--Browning 9. Browning and Burney split time between theposts last season, but Wheaton said Browning isthe starter for now. "We have absolute faith in all ourgoalkeepers." Wheaton said. An outstanding defense returns to help makeBrowning's job as easy as possible. Junior sweeper Jessica Larson and junior backGina Foster return from All-Ivy seasons--Fosterwas actually sixth on the team in scoring,and Wheaton welcomes back a reasonably healthyJaime Chu, who suffered season-ending kneeinjuries in each of the last two years. "I wouldn't say I'm 100 percent yet," Chu said."I definitely need to play a little bit more toget my touch on the ball. [But] I'm psyched to beback." Senior backs Brynne Zuccaro and Ashley Marynickare veterans who should also receive ample playingtime. When the enormous depth of this team comes intofocus, the No. 5 preseason ranking Harvardreceived from Soccer Buzz magazine does notlook overly optimistic. Indeed, the moreconservative No. 19 spot the Crimson holds in theNational College Soccer Association of America(NCSAA)/Umbro poll seems a possible slight. Harvard will have ample opportunity to justifyits billing, as the team faces a tough schedulethat includes three team faces a tough schedulethat includes three teams currently ranked in theNSCAA/Umbro poll as well as the traditionallystrong Ivy teams. "We're really excited about how much talent wehave this year, but we're humbled by ourschedule," Stauffer said. "If we don't play ourhardest and exploit all of our strengths to theabsolute fullest, we may not win every game." Any league loss could prove costly. Dartmouth,Penn and Yale all challenged for the Ivy Leaguecrown a year ago, and the Ivy race should be tightagain. It went down to the wire last season, asHarvard sealed the title by following its loneloss, 3-2 in overtime to Yale, with five straightvictories. "We should improve and do better than lastyear, but I also think other teams who used tothink we weren't as good are kind of watching outfor us now," said a cautious Miller. This season, with the NCAA Tournament expandedfrom 32 to 48 teams, the lvy League may well seemultiple entries into the tournament field. Although its focus remains an Ancient Eighttitle, Harvard could still find itself playing inthe postseason even without a fourth straight lvyring. Once there, the sky is the limit. "We not only have depth in ability but depth inattitude," Wheaton said. "When it comes to thoseneck-and-neck battles, that kind of team bondingand cohesiveness can really put you over the top." "My expectations are unlimited for us,"Stauffer said. "I think we have so much talent;it's just a matter of what we make of it."WOMEN'S SOCCER LAST SEASON 13-4-2, 6-1 Ivy, NCAA Quarterfinals COACH Tim Wheaton, 12th year CAPTAINS Devon Bingham; Emily Stauffer KEY RETURNERS Senior M Devon Bingham; Junior G Anne Browning;Senior B Gina Foster; Senior F Naomi Miller;Senior M Emily Stauffer KEY LOSSES F Keren Gudeman; F Lindsay Minkus; F ErinAeschliman WHAT THEY'RE SAYING "I think we can play with anybody in thecountry." --Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton OUTLOOK The force runs deep with this team, who returnsone of the nation's best players in co-captainEmily Stauffer to a squad that won itsthird-straight lvy title and reached thequarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament in 1997. Theexpectations are enormous entering 1998--everyoneon this team knows they came two goals shy ofhanding North Carolina its fifth loss in 12 yearslast season--but the talent is there, both withthe starters and the bench. Harvard returns anoutstanding keeper, and may have the league's twobest players in Miller and Stauffer, who showedshe was back with a goal and two assists in theseason opener. The Crimson could go deep into theNCAAs. DATE OPPONENT9/11 UNH, W 3-09/13 PENN STATE, L 2-19/16 Hartford9/19 Columbia9/22 BOSTON COLLEGE9/26 YALE9/29 BOSTON UNIVERSITY10/3 Penn10/10 CORNELL10/16 NORTHEASTERN10/18 GEORGE MASON10/21 CONNECTICUT10/24 Princeton10/27 Vermont10/31 DARTMOUTH11/7 BROWN
But red-hot Penn State roared into Cambridge and with a 2-1 win put a damper on an otherwise hopeful start to Harvard's 1998 campaign.
The Crimson became the third-straight ranked team to fall victim to the Nittany Lions, 2-1, in front of about 1,000 fans yesterday at Ohiri.
Harvard (1-1), ranked 19th, poured 19 shots on goal while limiting No. 16 Penn State (4-0) to just 13 shots, but Lion goalie Emily Oleksiuk's 11 saves kept the Crimson off the scoreboard for the last 77 minutes of the game.
"[Penn State] is a good defensive team and they've got a good goalkeeper." Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton said. "We were a little unlucky in that we had some good chances but we couldn't put them away. We lost our composure a little bit, partly because it was only the second game of the year and we haven't played from behind yet."
Harvard jumped out to an early lead when forward Beth Zotter took a pass from co-captain Emily Stauffer and scored on a 20-yard shot. Co-captain Devon Bingham made the play possible by heading a goal kick to Stauffer from midfield to keep the Crimson attack going. Harvard continued to move the ball downfield efficiently throughout the game, but no more shots were successful.
"I think Harvard was better than we were today," Penn State Coach Pat Farmer said. "You don't expect young teams like ours to play through that and find a way to score some goals, but I'm really happy that we were able score."
"I think we played pretty well," fullback Gina Foster said. "There was a period of about 25 minutes where we were just totally on and we were going at them constantly and then the tide seemed to turn a little bit."
It turned with 16:35 left in the first half when Lion forward Courtney Lawson beat the Crimson to the ball at the edge of the goal box and evaded Harvard goalie Anne Browning on her way to the goal.
The rejuvenated Penn State squad quieted the Harvard offense for the rest of the half. With just 81 seconds left before intermission, Lion midfielder Erin Cochran gave Penn State the lead for good. Midfielder Kelly Convey and forward Carole Dutchka created the play by drawing Browning to the right side of the goal box to give Cochran an open shot in front of the net.
"[Penn State] definitely hustled to every ball and were right on top of us all Scoring Har--Stauffer (unassisted) 3:31. Har--Foster (Stauffer) 14:50. Har--Miller (Stauffer) 54:03. Saves: UNH--Snellings 4, Springer 6; Har--Browning 3, Burney 2. Scoring Har--Zotter (Stauffer, Bingham) 12:13. PSU--Lawson (unassisted) 28:25. PSU--Cochran (Convey, Dutchka) 43:39. Saves: PSU--Oleksiuk 11; Har--Browning 9. Browning and Burney split time between theposts last season, but Wheaton said Browning isthe starter for now. "We have absolute faith in all ourgoalkeepers." Wheaton said. An outstanding defense returns to help makeBrowning's job as easy as possible. Junior sweeper Jessica Larson and junior backGina Foster return from All-Ivy seasons--Fosterwas actually sixth on the team in scoring,and Wheaton welcomes back a reasonably healthyJaime Chu, who suffered season-ending kneeinjuries in each of the last two years. "I wouldn't say I'm 100 percent yet," Chu said."I definitely need to play a little bit more toget my touch on the ball. [But] I'm psyched to beback." Senior backs Brynne Zuccaro and Ashley Marynickare veterans who should also receive ample playingtime. When the enormous depth of this team comes intofocus, the No. 5 preseason ranking Harvardreceived from Soccer Buzz magazine does notlook overly optimistic. Indeed, the moreconservative No. 19 spot the Crimson holds in theNational College Soccer Association of America(NCSAA)/Umbro poll seems a possible slight. Harvard will have ample opportunity to justifyits billing, as the team faces a tough schedulethat includes three team faces a tough schedulethat includes three teams currently ranked in theNSCAA/Umbro poll as well as the traditionallystrong Ivy teams. "We're really excited about how much talent wehave this year, but we're humbled by ourschedule," Stauffer said. "If we don't play ourhardest and exploit all of our strengths to theabsolute fullest, we may not win every game." Any league loss could prove costly. Dartmouth,Penn and Yale all challenged for the Ivy Leaguecrown a year ago, and the Ivy race should be tightagain. It went down to the wire last season, asHarvard sealed the title by following its loneloss, 3-2 in overtime to Yale, with five straightvictories. "We should improve and do better than lastyear, but I also think other teams who used tothink we weren't as good are kind of watching outfor us now," said a cautious Miller. This season, with the NCAA Tournament expandedfrom 32 to 48 teams, the lvy League may well seemultiple entries into the tournament field. Although its focus remains an Ancient Eighttitle, Harvard could still find itself playing inthe postseason even without a fourth straight lvyring. Once there, the sky is the limit. "We not only have depth in ability but depth inattitude," Wheaton said. "When it comes to thoseneck-and-neck battles, that kind of team bondingand cohesiveness can really put you over the top." "My expectations are unlimited for us,"Stauffer said. "I think we have so much talent;it's just a matter of what we make of it."WOMEN'S SOCCER LAST SEASON 13-4-2, 6-1 Ivy, NCAA Quarterfinals COACH Tim Wheaton, 12th year CAPTAINS Devon Bingham; Emily Stauffer KEY RETURNERS Senior M Devon Bingham; Junior G Anne Browning;Senior B Gina Foster; Senior F Naomi Miller;Senior M Emily Stauffer KEY LOSSES F Keren Gudeman; F Lindsay Minkus; F ErinAeschliman WHAT THEY'RE SAYING "I think we can play with anybody in thecountry." --Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton OUTLOOK The force runs deep with this team, who returnsone of the nation's best players in co-captainEmily Stauffer to a squad that won itsthird-straight lvy title and reached thequarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament in 1997. Theexpectations are enormous entering 1998--everyoneon this team knows they came two goals shy ofhanding North Carolina its fifth loss in 12 yearslast season--but the talent is there, both withthe starters and the bench. Harvard returns anoutstanding keeper, and may have the league's twobest players in Miller and Stauffer, who showedshe was back with a goal and two assists in theseason opener. The Crimson could go deep into theNCAAs. DATE OPPONENT9/11 UNH, W 3-09/13 PENN STATE, L 2-19/16 Hartford9/19 Columbia9/22 BOSTON COLLEGE9/26 YALE9/29 BOSTON UNIVERSITY10/3 Penn10/10 CORNELL10/16 NORTHEASTERN10/18 GEORGE MASON10/21 CONNECTICUT10/24 Princeton10/27 Vermont10/31 DARTMOUTH11/7 BROWN
Scoring Har--Stauffer (unassisted) 3:31. Har--Foster (Stauffer) 14:50. Har--Miller (Stauffer) 54:03. Saves: UNH--Snellings 4, Springer 6; Har--Browning 3, Burney 2. Scoring Har--Zotter (Stauffer, Bingham) 12:13. PSU--Lawson (unassisted) 28:25. PSU--Cochran (Convey, Dutchka) 43:39. Saves: PSU--Oleksiuk 11; Har--Browning 9. Browning and Burney split time between theposts last season, but Wheaton said Browning isthe starter for now. "We have absolute faith in all ourgoalkeepers." Wheaton said. An outstanding defense returns to help makeBrowning's job as easy as possible. Junior sweeper Jessica Larson and junior backGina Foster return from All-Ivy seasons--Fosterwas actually sixth on the team in scoring,and Wheaton welcomes back a reasonably healthyJaime Chu, who suffered season-ending kneeinjuries in each of the last two years. "I wouldn't say I'm 100 percent yet," Chu said."I definitely need to play a little bit more toget my touch on the ball. [But] I'm psyched to beback." Senior backs Brynne Zuccaro and Ashley Marynickare veterans who should also receive ample playingtime. When the enormous depth of this team comes intofocus, the No. 5 preseason ranking Harvardreceived from Soccer Buzz magazine does notlook overly optimistic. Indeed, the moreconservative No. 19 spot the Crimson holds in theNational College Soccer Association of America(NCSAA)/Umbro poll seems a possible slight. Harvard will have ample opportunity to justifyits billing, as the team faces a tough schedulethat includes three team faces a tough schedulethat includes three teams currently ranked in theNSCAA/Umbro poll as well as the traditionallystrong Ivy teams. "We're really excited about how much talent wehave this year, but we're humbled by ourschedule," Stauffer said. "If we don't play ourhardest and exploit all of our strengths to theabsolute fullest, we may not win every game." Any league loss could prove costly. Dartmouth,Penn and Yale all challenged for the Ivy Leaguecrown a year ago, and the Ivy race should be tightagain. It went down to the wire last season, asHarvard sealed the title by following its loneloss, 3-2 in overtime to Yale, with five straightvictories. "We should improve and do better than lastyear, but I also think other teams who used tothink we weren't as good are kind of watching outfor us now," said a cautious Miller. This season, with the NCAA Tournament expandedfrom 32 to 48 teams, the lvy League may well seemultiple entries into the tournament field. Although its focus remains an Ancient Eighttitle, Harvard could still find itself playing inthe postseason even without a fourth straight lvyring. Once there, the sky is the limit. "We not only have depth in ability but depth inattitude," Wheaton said. "When it comes to thoseneck-and-neck battles, that kind of team bondingand cohesiveness can really put you over the top." "My expectations are unlimited for us,"Stauffer said. "I think we have so much talent;it's just a matter of what we make of it."WOMEN'S SOCCER LAST SEASON 13-4-2, 6-1 Ivy, NCAA Quarterfinals COACH Tim Wheaton, 12th year CAPTAINS Devon Bingham; Emily Stauffer KEY RETURNERS Senior M Devon Bingham; Junior G Anne Browning;Senior B Gina Foster; Senior F Naomi Miller;Senior M Emily Stauffer KEY LOSSES F Keren Gudeman; F Lindsay Minkus; F ErinAeschliman WHAT THEY'RE SAYING "I think we can play with anybody in thecountry." --Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton OUTLOOK The force runs deep with this team, who returnsone of the nation's best players in co-captainEmily Stauffer to a squad that won itsthird-straight lvy title and reached thequarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament in 1997. Theexpectations are enormous entering 1998--everyoneon this team knows they came two goals shy ofhanding North Carolina its fifth loss in 12 yearslast season--but the talent is there, both withthe starters and the bench. Harvard returns anoutstanding keeper, and may have the league's twobest players in Miller and Stauffer, who showedshe was back with a goal and two assists in theseason opener. The Crimson could go deep into theNCAAs. DATE OPPONENT9/11 UNH, W 3-09/13 PENN STATE, L 2-19/16 Hartford9/19 Columbia9/22 BOSTON COLLEGE9/26 YALE9/29 BOSTON UNIVERSITY10/3 Penn10/10 CORNELL10/16 NORTHEASTERN10/18 GEORGE MASON10/21 CONNECTICUT10/24 Princeton10/27 Vermont10/31 DARTMOUTH11/7 BROWN
Scoring Har--Zotter (Stauffer, Bingham) 12:13. PSU--Lawson (unassisted) 28:25. PSU--Cochran (Convey, Dutchka) 43:39. Saves: PSU--Oleksiuk 11; Har--Browning 9. Browning and Burney split time between theposts last season, but Wheaton said Browning isthe starter for now. "We have absolute faith in all ourgoalkeepers." Wheaton said. An outstanding defense returns to help makeBrowning's job as easy as possible. Junior sweeper Jessica Larson and junior backGina Foster return from All-Ivy seasons--Fosterwas actually sixth on the team in scoring,and Wheaton welcomes back a reasonably healthyJaime Chu, who suffered season-ending kneeinjuries in each of the last two years. "I wouldn't say I'm 100 percent yet," Chu said."I definitely need to play a little bit more toget my touch on the ball. [But] I'm psyched to beback." Senior backs Brynne Zuccaro and Ashley Marynickare veterans who should also receive ample playingtime. When the enormous depth of this team comes intofocus, the No. 5 preseason ranking Harvardreceived from Soccer Buzz magazine does notlook overly optimistic. Indeed, the moreconservative No. 19 spot the Crimson holds in theNational College Soccer Association of America(NCSAA)/Umbro poll seems a possible slight. Harvard will have ample opportunity to justifyits billing, as the team faces a tough schedulethat includes three team faces a tough schedulethat includes three teams currently ranked in theNSCAA/Umbro poll as well as the traditionallystrong Ivy teams. "We're really excited about how much talent wehave this year, but we're humbled by ourschedule," Stauffer said. "If we don't play ourhardest and exploit all of our strengths to theabsolute fullest, we may not win every game." Any league loss could prove costly. Dartmouth,Penn and Yale all challenged for the Ivy Leaguecrown a year ago, and the Ivy race should be tightagain. It went down to the wire last season, asHarvard sealed the title by following its loneloss, 3-2 in overtime to Yale, with five straightvictories. "We should improve and do better than lastyear, but I also think other teams who used tothink we weren't as good are kind of watching outfor us now," said a cautious Miller. This season, with the NCAA Tournament expandedfrom 32 to 48 teams, the lvy League may well seemultiple entries into the tournament field. Although its focus remains an Ancient Eighttitle, Harvard could still find itself playing inthe postseason even without a fourth straight lvyring. Once there, the sky is the limit. "We not only have depth in ability but depth inattitude," Wheaton said. "When it comes to thoseneck-and-neck battles, that kind of team bondingand cohesiveness can really put you over the top." "My expectations are unlimited for us,"Stauffer said. "I think we have so much talent;it's just a matter of what we make of it."WOMEN'S SOCCER LAST SEASON 13-4-2, 6-1 Ivy, NCAA Quarterfinals COACH Tim Wheaton, 12th year CAPTAINS Devon Bingham; Emily Stauffer KEY RETURNERS Senior M Devon Bingham; Junior G Anne Browning;Senior B Gina Foster; Senior F Naomi Miller;Senior M Emily Stauffer KEY LOSSES F Keren Gudeman; F Lindsay Minkus; F ErinAeschliman WHAT THEY'RE SAYING "I think we can play with anybody in thecountry." --Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton OUTLOOK The force runs deep with this team, who returnsone of the nation's best players in co-captainEmily Stauffer to a squad that won itsthird-straight lvy title and reached thequarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament in 1997. Theexpectations are enormous entering 1998--everyoneon this team knows they came two goals shy ofhanding North Carolina its fifth loss in 12 yearslast season--but the talent is there, both withthe starters and the bench. Harvard returns anoutstanding keeper, and may have the league's twobest players in Miller and Stauffer, who showedshe was back with a goal and two assists in theseason opener. The Crimson could go deep into theNCAAs. DATE OPPONENT9/11 UNH, W 3-09/13 PENN STATE, L 2-19/16 Hartford9/19 Columbia9/22 BOSTON COLLEGE9/26 YALE9/29 BOSTON UNIVERSITY10/3 Penn10/10 CORNELL10/16 NORTHEASTERN10/18 GEORGE MASON10/21 CONNECTICUT10/24 Princeton10/27 Vermont10/31 DARTMOUTH11/7 BROWN
Browning and Burney split time between theposts last season, but Wheaton said Browning isthe starter for now.
"We have absolute faith in all ourgoalkeepers." Wheaton said.
An outstanding defense returns to help makeBrowning's job as easy as possible.
Junior sweeper Jessica Larson and junior backGina Foster return from All-Ivy seasons--Fosterwas actually sixth on the team in scoring,and Wheaton welcomes back a reasonably healthyJaime Chu, who suffered season-ending kneeinjuries in each of the last two years.
"I wouldn't say I'm 100 percent yet," Chu said."I definitely need to play a little bit more toget my touch on the ball. [But] I'm psyched to beback."
Senior backs Brynne Zuccaro and Ashley Marynickare veterans who should also receive ample playingtime.
When the enormous depth of this team comes intofocus, the No. 5 preseason ranking Harvardreceived from Soccer Buzz magazine does notlook overly optimistic. Indeed, the moreconservative No. 19 spot the Crimson holds in theNational College Soccer Association of America(NCSAA)/Umbro poll seems a possible slight.
Harvard will have ample opportunity to justifyits billing, as the team faces a tough schedulethat includes three team faces a tough schedulethat includes three teams currently ranked in theNSCAA/Umbro poll as well as the traditionallystrong Ivy teams.
"We're really excited about how much talent wehave this year, but we're humbled by ourschedule," Stauffer said. "If we don't play ourhardest and exploit all of our strengths to theabsolute fullest, we may not win every game."
Any league loss could prove costly. Dartmouth,Penn and Yale all challenged for the Ivy Leaguecrown a year ago, and the Ivy race should be tightagain. It went down to the wire last season, asHarvard sealed the title by following its loneloss, 3-2 in overtime to Yale, with five straightvictories.
"We should improve and do better than lastyear, but I also think other teams who used tothink we weren't as good are kind of watching outfor us now," said a cautious Miller.
This season, with the NCAA Tournament expandedfrom 32 to 48 teams, the lvy League may well seemultiple entries into the tournament field.
Although its focus remains an Ancient Eighttitle, Harvard could still find itself playing inthe postseason even without a fourth straight lvyring. Once there, the sky is the limit.
"We not only have depth in ability but depth inattitude," Wheaton said. "When it comes to thoseneck-and-neck battles, that kind of team bondingand cohesiveness can really put you over the top."
"My expectations are unlimited for us,"Stauffer said. "I think we have so much talent;it's just a matter of what we make of it."WOMEN'S SOCCER
LAST SEASON
13-4-2, 6-1 Ivy, NCAA Quarterfinals
COACH
Tim Wheaton, 12th year
CAPTAINS
Devon Bingham; Emily Stauffer
KEY RETURNERS
Senior M Devon Bingham; Junior G Anne Browning;Senior B Gina Foster; Senior F Naomi Miller;Senior M Emily Stauffer
KEY LOSSES
F Keren Gudeman; F Lindsay Minkus; F ErinAeschliman
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
"I think we can play with anybody in thecountry." --Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton
OUTLOOK
The force runs deep with this team, who returnsone of the nation's best players in co-captainEmily Stauffer to a squad that won itsthird-straight lvy title and reached thequarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament in 1997. Theexpectations are enormous entering 1998--everyoneon this team knows they came two goals shy ofhanding North Carolina its fifth loss in 12 yearslast season--but the talent is there, both withthe starters and the bench. Harvard returns anoutstanding keeper, and may have the league's twobest players in Miller and Stauffer, who showedshe was back with a goal and two assists in theseason opener. The Crimson could go deep into theNCAAs.
DATE OPPONENT9/11 UNH, W 3-09/13 PENN STATE, L 2-19/16 Hartford9/19 Columbia9/22 BOSTON COLLEGE9/26 YALE9/29 BOSTON UNIVERSITY10/3 Penn10/10 CORNELL10/16 NORTHEASTERN10/18 GEORGE MASON10/21 CONNECTICUT10/24 Princeton10/27 Vermont10/31 DARTMOUTH11/7 BROWN
DATE OPPONENT9/11 UNH, W 3-09/13 PENN STATE, L 2-19/16 Hartford9/19 Columbia9/22 BOSTON COLLEGE9/26 YALE9/29 BOSTON UNIVERSITY10/3 Penn10/10 CORNELL10/16 NORTHEASTERN10/18 GEORGE MASON10/21 CONNECTICUT10/24 Princeton10/27 Vermont10/31 DARTMOUTH11/7 BROWN
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