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...season’s most notable games came against Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y. on Oct. 17. Harvard, which entered the contest having lost seven of its last eight, shut out the Big Red—one of the leaders in the Ivy League at the time—in a 1-0 victory. A second-half goal from co-captain Elizabeth Goodman-Bacon accounted for the game’s only offense...
...defense] played together today,” Crimson coach Lisa Miller said after the Apr. 17 contest. “The defense took some balls away in midfield transition. We didn’t give [Princeton] what they like to do. We took away their running game, and I thought that was huge, the way the attack re-defended...
...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?...
...would catalyze the season-changing 2-1 victory over Dartmouth. Senior defenseman Kwaku Nyamekye broke a scoring drought of a little less than a year when he knocked classmate Adam Rousmaniere’s corner kick into the right corner of the goal less than five minutes into the contest. Just as in the past two games, Harvard surrendered the lead when Lucky Mkosana pulled the Big Green even at 55:26. But this time, the Crimson responded when co-captain Brian Grimm kicked a deep ball that was recovered by Akpan, who beat two Dartmouth defenders for the game...
...teams met on Apr. 9, but once again, injuries hurt Harvard, as the team was without Weintraub, who missed the contest due to a groin injury...