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They were all thinking of what Saturday's game, a 21-17 loss to Penn, and the season could have been. Harvard (5-4, 3-3 Ivy) is much better than its record, which will be either 6-4 or 5-5 after the Game. It doesn't take much imagination to see that Crimson could also be 6-0 in the Ivy League heading into its showdown with Yale...
This year, Harvard's last three opponents have run 77 times for 64 yards. Penn ran the ball 37 times and got only 19 net yards. Part of the reason for Penn's ineffectiveness was that its stud running back, Kris Ryan, left at the beginning of the second quarter--but since he got hurt on a rushing attempt into the heart of the Harvard defense, you have to give the Crimson full credit...
This weekend, Harvard rallied from a 14-0 deficit and was up 17-14 when it forced Penn into a fourth-and-10 from midfield. Penn quarterback Gavin Hoffman scrambled forward, possibly crossing the line of scrimmage ("From my vantage point, he was over," Murphy said), and heaved the ball to the goal line, where Brandon Carson turned and made the catch for the shocking...
...played Penn earlier in the year and didn't have a particularly good match against them," Schaeffer said. "We had just come off a great match against Princeton the day before but just couldn't beat Penn. But we're eager to show them now who Harvard Volleyball really is, and we want to show them how we really play...
...Penn's mediocre record reflects the dramatic rebuilding that the team has undergone this season...