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With the exception of junior tailback Chuck Nwokocha (hamstring), the Crimson enjoy a healthy backfield, a luxury it didn't have last year...
Larson is known as one of the most talented sweepers in the Ivy League and is a three-time All-Ivy selection. Anchoring the defense with Larson is the multi-talented Gina Foster, who can play as well in the backfield as she can up front. Because of the graduation of First-Team All-Ivy selection Chu last year, Foster will attempt to focus her efforts in bolstering the Harvard defense early in the season, though Wheaton may choose to switch her back to the offensive side of the ball later in the year...
...defense is going to be powered by Brown and classmate Jeanne Ficociello. However, freshmen Hilary Walton and Erin Cutner are counted on to contribute to the backfield...
However, Gellert calls Harvey "one of his best friends on campus," and that the two "are excited to play in the same backfield...
Defensively, the Crimson is rock-solid as usual. Leading the charge are the team's two First Team All-Ivy selections, senior Jaime Chu and junior Jessica Larson. Larson was a presence in the backfield for the Crimson all season, while Chu is Harvard's best man-to-man defender...