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...Series loss to Princeton, Harvard trots out a squad in 2007 that will bring small ball back to O’Donnell Field and rely on a green but talented pitching staff. Preseason Ivy League Player of the Year Steffan Wilson anchors the lineup from his spot at third base...
Jeff Stoeckel is that guy. Now Harvard’s starting shortstop after working his way into 22 games last season, mostly as a defensive substitute at second base, Stoeckel is drawing comparisons to former captain Morgan Brown ’06, who made last year’s All-Ivy team on the strength of his steady glove at short...
Junior centerfielder Matt Vance, Stoeckel’s roommate and a former star shortstop at San Diego’s Torrey Pines High, could replace an ineffective Stoeckel as soon as his right shoulder fully heals from offseason surgery. With a career .402 on-base percentage out of the leadoff spot, Vance, unlike Stoeckel (three hits in 20 career at-bats), has proved that he can hit Ivy League pitching...
Kramer, a St. Louis product, honed his game in the Midwest’s Northwoods League, while Roth spent time in the New York Collegiate Baseball League. Kramer, a career .275 hitter, is best known for his laser-beam throws down to second base, which have been clocked at speeds exceeding the velocity on most of the Harvard hurlers’ fastballs...
Despite uncertainty about the severity of his injury, the Ivy League slate turned out to be a coming-out party for Vance, who recorded a .391 batting average (.318 overall, up over 40 percentage points from his rookie mark) and .591 on-base percentage against Ancient Eight opponents and added 25 steals in 29 attempts overall to pick up an All-Ivy First Team...