The November equivalent of Harvard-Yale is a much larger event on campus, but cannot boast the national relevance in its sport that Saturday’s game does.
The Bulldogs are not only playing for a more secure seed in the Ivy Tournament, but also a potential bid to the NCAA tournament.
The stakes are slightly lower for the Crimson, as its only shot at the NCAA’s comes with the Ivy League Championship. But the potential to play spoiler to its biggest rival remains a primary motivator.
Especially after last year’s game, when Yale came back to win, 9-8, in New Haven.
“We’re coming back for redemption,” Eipp said. “We’re going to come out strong and hopefully come away with a win.”
—Staff writer Alexander Koenig can be reached at akoenig@college.harvard.edu.