Both Charnock and Hoff—who are first and third on the Crimson points list respectively—saw limited time against the Lions last Saturday, and their situation is unknown for Saturday’s game.

If the two are unable to start, Kerr is likely to go with two of his trusted backups in freshman Charles Altchek and senior Ladd Fritz.

And while the average fan might be fearful knowing that two of his team’s top four goal scorers could well only see a few minutes of playing time, a wiser man might be happier. Fritz—one of 11 seniors on the team—joins senior midfielder Grayson Sugarman as the seniors with the most to prove in what is most likely to be their last game at Harvard.

Though a mainstay on the starting lineup last year, Fritz has been primarily used for reserve duty this year due to an injury which kept him out of the action for the first few games of the season.

And while he has made an important contribution to the team—he has three goals on the season—it pales to his 2002 performance, when he finished second on the team in scoring with eight goals and earned second team All-Ivy honors.

But Sugarman has had an even tougher time at Harvard. Though he came in with very high expectations from coaches, teammates and himself, he has been hampered by injuries all four years and has only started to see significant playing time midway through this season.

“I can’t begin to tell you the disappointment that Grayson must be feeling,” Old said. “He’s got all the talent in the world, but has just been unlucky.”

But this last shot at Penn will give Fritz and Sugarman—and the rest of the class of 2004—a chance to show everyone that they deserved to be at the top of the Ivy League standings and with an invite to the NCAA tournament.

—Staff writer Evan R. Johnson can be reached at erjohns@fas.harvard.edu.