“Brown is definitely our arch rival,” Rogers said. “It will be a really tough match, but it’s our alumni weekend so there’s a crowd returning for the game.”
On the heels of the tie with Cornell, a win against the Bears is also vital for the conference standings.
“We can’t afford another slip up like we had against Cornell,” Rogers said. “We got away with that draw, but we need a win [against Brown].”
Overall, the week is ripe with opportunity.
“There are all the makings here for two very good games,” Grimm said. “This week is a great chance to get the second half of the season going, to build confidence and momentum again.”
Harvard knows that it cannot afford to waste that chance.
“In the last few games we expected to do better than we did, and caught ourselves playing down to the level of our competition,” Rogers said. “Everyone’s ready to turn that around.”