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...Northeast region. Northeastern is ranked No. 8 in the Northeast Region. Despite being favored, Harvard does not expect to coast to the second round. “We have to get our legs back,” Leone said. “It was a physical contest on Saturday. We have to make sure that we get our physical strength and everything back so we can perform at a high level for the game on Friday night.”Earlier in the year, the Crimson faced the Huskies and struggled. Harvard earned a 2-1 win in overtime...
...leading 89 yards on 15 tries.The league’s weekly defensive honor was taken by another Quaker, as senior defensive back Britton Ertman led a suffocating defense that held Tiger Jordan Culbreath, the leading rusher of the Ivies, to 57 yards and forced a key fumble.The low-scoring contest epitomized Penn’s smashmouth style of football.“They obviously have not been a prolific offense,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “But if you play great defense, and you keep the score low, you hang around, you?...
Harvard will have its ability tested under such heightened conditions. However, the Crimson enters the contest with another advantage over Penn: momentum...
...Crimson also added another name to the record books during the Columbia game, as junior offensive standout Andre Akpan broke the Harvard records for both career points and assists in Saturday’s contest. Akpan surpassed the previous standard set by Chris Ohiri ’64, who lends his name to the Crimson’s home field. With more than a year remaining in his time on the team, Akpan is also sure to further raise the bar for future Harvard soccer prodigies...
However, Akpan himself was more concerned with the upcoming contest than his own successes...