“I don’t think I have a concussion,” Johnson said. “I think I might have a dislocated jaw. I felt pretty dizzy. I’ve still got a headache—it hurts.”

Johnson was finally replaced in the 79th minute by senior Russ Mosier, a new addition to the Crimson. Mosier, who was one of the men’s volleyball team’s tri-captains last season, was added to the Harvard soccer roster after juniors Jamie Roth and Conrad Jones both went down with season-ending injuries.

In his first appearance of the season, Mosier made one save.

Sorting Through the Wreckage

Dartmouth has now dropped eight games in a row. Once ranked as high as 25th in the nation, the Big Green have fallen precipitously after opening the season 4-0-2. After scoring six goals in their last win—over St. Bonaventure on September 28th—Dartmouth has scored a total of five times in its last 8 games and has just two goals in its last six contests.

By defeating the Big Green, the Crimson ran its record at home to an impressive 6-1-1 and moved into a four-way tie for third place in the Ivies.

With Brown cementing its grip on first place with its defeat of Penn Saturday, the Ivy League title is now officially out of the Crimson’s reach. But Harvard’s overall record still gives it a chance of having some sort of postseason—at least if it wins its last three contests.

If the Crimson manages to win out, it will have reached the crucial ten-win mark, which was good enough for Harvard to receive an invite to the NCAA Tournament in the 2001 season. But that year, the Crimson also finished second in the Ivy League, a benchmark which will be difficult to achieve this time around.

“Our goal is to finish off our last three games strong,” Kerr said. “Then, if we can’t win a share of the Ivy title, we’ll be in a position for an at-large bid [to the NCAA tournament].”

—Staff writer James Sigel can be reached at sigel@fas.harvard.edu.