"This week in practice we put some different guys in new places," Lyng said. "We tried some new arrangements to get people comfortable before Yale."
Without Ferrucci, it will be especially important for the Crimson to get to the loose balls and get the hustle points, something the team failed to do in its loss to the Minutemen.
"To win the game, we need to put forth the effort," said junior Jim Bevilacqua. "We have to control the ground balls."
Although the Crimson is ranked second in the Ivy League, it can't afford to overlook the Elis, who are currently in the basement of the Ancient Eight.
"They match up pretty well against us, especially if we don't have Ferrucci," Bevilacqua said.
"We need to be mentally ready," Lyng added.
Softball
This Saturday, the softball team (19-15-1, 1-3) will try to do something it has never done before--beat Princeton.
The league-leading and defending league champion Tigers (17-16, 2-0), will be in town this afternoon for a twinbill with the Crimson.
Princeton has two of the league's top pitchers, and the second leading batter.
Harvard counters with co-captain Katina Lee (.368 batting average) and senior Melissa Kreuder (.337), who are ranked sixth and eighth in the league in hitting, respectively.
The Crimson is hoping to use the doubleheader against the Tigers to get back into the Ivy League race, in which it is currently fifth, and send a message to the rest of the league.
As anti-climatic as it may be, Harvard wraps up the weekend with a pair of games at Vermont on Sunday.
Men's and Women's Crew
The Harvard and Radcliffe crews will also be busy this weekend as all four crews travel to races away from the familiarity of the Charles River.
The men's heavyweight crew will attempt to rebound from a tough loss to Brown last weekend when it travels to New Jersey to take on Princeton and MIT.
The men's lightweight squad travels to Anapolis to challenge Navy. The first varsity boat defeated MIT and Dartmouth last weeekend and is looking to stay on a roll.
The Radcliffe heavyweight crew will face off with Syracuse and Ivy League foe Dartmouth in New Hampshire.
The defending national champion Radcliffe lightweight team will also travel to Dartmouth, but will only face Syracuse in a neutral site race.