Sophomore two-meter Todd Schulte was also missing in action for the Crimson after dislocating his shoulder, and junior driver Theo Ludwick was also sidelined with an injury.
According to Floerchinger, Schulte will most likely not play this weekend.
Given these obstacles, what the Crimson accomplished two weekends ago seems even more impressive. Harvard was able to hang tough with a team that had swept the Crimson last year, a team that returned its top seven scorers from 2000 and had already beaten No. 14 St. Francis this season.
The Crimson did it with defense, holding UMass (6-1) to just two second-half goals. Trailing 7-5 in the fourth quarter, the Crimson rallied to send the game to an overtime period, and then pushed the highest-ranked team in the East to two extra sessions.
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