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B.U. hosted Harvard on the artificial turf of Nickerson Field earlier this season, and triumphed, 2-1. As New England's top-ranked squad, the Terriers received a bye in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
But the most devastating injury of the season, at least in emotional terms, occurred last weekend at Penn. Playing on the artificial turf of Franklin Field, linebacker Collins tried to make a cut but instead tore two ligaments in his knee.
In their only previous meeting of the year, B.U. edged the Crimson, 2-1. But that game was on artificial turf, it was not cold out, and their second goal came on an unusual Harvard defensive misplay.
The grass, though, "exposes our strengths more than the artificial turf. Our large field makes the play of our flanks a key factor, which is limited on the turf," said Shattuck.
Sunday's 1 p.m. game, which had previously been scheduled for the artificial turf of B.U.'s Nickerson Field, will be played on the grass of Ohiri Field. "It does make it better for us in terms of our own play," Crimson Coach Jape Shattuck said.