Word: ncaas
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Crimson coach Bruce Munroe plans to try out quite a few people in the forward spots today. Senior Tony Van Niel will play along with sophomore Robert Thompson. Senior Jean Pierre Gilbertz, a transfer student currently trying to get the NCAA to rule on his eligibility, will be able to play this one exhibition match...
...readily apparent from the start that Harvard was a mere shadow of the team which went 10-2-1 on the year last Fall and made the NCAA quarterfinals. Although the team showed signs of potential all afternoon, MIT had several scoring opportunities in the opening stages of the contest and held a wide territorial edge for the first ten minutes before Harvard got organized...
This year, however, a Crimson rout, while still a possibility, is far less of a sure thing. Harvard's soccer hegeonomy may be coming to an abrupt end after four years of assorted Crimson Ivy titles, undefeated regular seasons, and annual trips to the NCAA playoffs. Three-quarters of last year's league-leading offense is gone, the midfield has had to be rebuilt entirely, and only the defense remains relatively intact...
Northeastern has another powerful team including a nucleus of captain and number one man Billy Rowe; Ken Flanders, a junior who performed impressively at the NCAA six-mile run last year; and Mike Buckley, who won the Greater Boston Championship three-mile run last spring...
Both reigning Ivy champion Penn and NCAA semi-finalist Cornell will return with teams as good or better than last year's editions, while Brown will threaten those two for the top spot. Both Dartmouth and Yale have been gaining fast as a result of two consecutive crops of outstanding freshmen, and may give Harvard a serious run this year which they have failed to do in the past...