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...real story for the Harvard defense is the player who leads Fried in both of those categories. Balestracci, the true freshman from nearby New Bedford, Mass., leads the Crimson in tackles (80) and interceptions (3). Last week against Penn, Balestracci broke the record of Isaiah Kacyvenski '00 for most tackles in a season by a rookie. For a team that lost its defensive leader in Kacyvenski last year, Balestracci has shown that he can step in and fill those big shoes...
...With Kacyvenski--and six other senior All-Ivy starters--in the lineup last season, the defense was the sixth toughest in the country against the run, allowing an average of just 80.2 yards per game on the ground...
...Gone are Kacyvenski, fellow four-year starter Aron Natale '00 and Jeff Svicarovich '00. Svicarovich and Natale were second and third, respectively, on the team in tackles behind Kacyvenski's record-breaking 135 stops last year...
...Dante is one of those guys who was just successful at everything he did," Murphy said. "He has that competitiveness and sense that you know what it takes to win in any situation. He's not Isaiah Kacyvenski right now. Isaiah is a once-every-decade, every-two-decades player...
...Although Reiman and Balestracci won't fill the void left by Kacyvenski, according to Murphy, they have the potential to develop into outstanding players...