"I don't think that anybody else anywhere would have reacted the way Chad has," Getman says. "He's always trying to make everyone play better. If you want to single someone out for having an outstanding attitude, Chad wins that, hands down."

Every game, Reilly's voice can be heard from the bench, as he cheers for his Crimson teammates--Hall included. He drills Hall in the warm-up before games, and yells encouragement to the other Harvard players.

"He works as hard as anybody in practice, never misses a day," Captain Robert Bonnie says. "A lot of guys would have shrugged their shoulders and taken it easy. He has battled the whole time."

The other reserves see their share of action, especially with the number of injuries the Crimson has sustained in the past two seasons. But not Reilly. It is almost unheard-of to substitute for a goalie who hasn't been injured.

"I watch our own games and wish I could be in there," Reilly says. "But I don't hold anything against Stephen personally. He's playing well."

Reilly has started a few times--in Harvard's 8-0 thrashing of Brandeis last fall and in the Crimson's 1-1 overtime tie with Massachusetts, four weeks ago. He played the second half of Harvard's 1-0 win over MIT in this year's season opener.

But it's not the Ivies. Or the NCAAs.