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Harvard came out of the gates flying, winning its first six games and earning the No. 6 ranking in the country before falling, 1-0, to third-ranked Wake Forest on Sept. 26. The loss to the Demon Deacons didn’t cause the Crimson to veer off course, though, as the team picked up two more victories after the defeat...
...third loss would prove to be the toughest. For the first time all season, the Crimson fell at home and to an unranked opponent when it dropped a double-overtime contest to Princeton. When co-captain Andre Akpan finally put Harvard on the board after 66 minutes of scoreless soccer, it looked as if the Crimson’s undefeated record in the Ivy League would live another day, due mostly to a strong outing from sophomore goalie Austin Harms. But 20 seconds later, the score was evened again when the Tigers’ Antoine Hoppenot ended Harms?...
While the Crimson was never short on star power—co-captain forward Andre Akpan was first runner-up for the Hermann Trophy—its success hinged more on the leadership of the senior class as a whole and the team’s tight-knit atmosphere than it did on any one player...
West, who led the team at the No. 1 spot, garnered his third straight All-American first-team honors with his national title and was named Ivy League Player of the Year...
Junior Richard Hill, playing No. 2 for Harvard at the team and individual championships, earned a spot on the All-America Second Team after going 9-6 on the season and winning a first-round battle at the CSA Individual Championships...