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Harvard's next contest comes against Dartmouth on Saturday, followed by an important regional game Tuesday against Williams. The Crimson moved up to seventh from 14th in this week's New England soccer poll, while Williams is rated sixth. A win over the Ephmen would boost Harvard in the important New England poll and send it towards a shot at a possible NCAA post season tournament berth. The top four University Division teams are selected to the tourney. This week's poll has Brown, UConn Springfield, UMass, Keene State and Williams ahead of the Crimson in the region...
...Canada or Massachusetts the search for nicknames went on: the Beothuks of Memorial University of Newfoundland, the Ephmen of Williams. In South Carolina the Blue Hose of Presbyterian College in Clinton was the name created for that small denominational school and TCU was blessed with the Horned Frogs...
...fans and sportswriters alike there's a rub. The Tigers of Princeton roar, but do the Purdue Boilermakers boil? Or make? Bulldogs or Bears can fight, claw of maul but what do the Ephmen do? Something obscene, no doubt...
With strong gale sweeping across the field, Harvard coach Bruce Munro chose to take the backing of the wind during the first half. Harvard dominated the first half with numerous scoring opportunities that remained fruitless. The Williams defense was tested but a rough and physical game by the Ephmen kept Harvard from scoring...
...second half the story was different with the wind behind Williams. The Ephmen dominated play and "if it wasn't for Kidder we would not have salvaged a tie," Munro said...