“He really gets what it’s about,” senior midfielder Andrew Parchman said. “[The coaching transition] was pretty seamless. Obviously, it took a while to learn the new schemes, terminology, offensive and defensive plans and the like, but things came out pretty well."

“As he gets more familiar with the players and the players get more familiar with him, it’s only going to breed more success,” Parchman added.

The Crimson earned numerous individual accolades during the year as well.

Harvard was led by its co-captains, senior Dean Gibbons and junior Kevin Vaughan, who both were named to the All-Ivy first team. Gibbons was seventh in the country with 3.79 points per game and tenth with 1.86 assists per game. He paced the Crimson in those two categories—finishing with the ninth-most points in Harvard history—while also scoring 30 goals, one fewer than the team-leader, junior attack Jeff Cohen. Vaughan ranked third on the squad with 19 tallies and 27 points.

The Crimson also received a strong rookie performance from Eipp, whose 16 scores tied him for fourth on the team with sophomore Ryan Stevens. The freshman was named the NEILA Rookie of the Year, and earned All-Ivy honorable mention status along with junior defenseman Paul Pate, who led a defense that improved as the season went on in front of sophomore goaltender Harry Krieger.

But in the end, the desired level of success was not obtained.

“We set out some goals for the team—to win the Ivy League championship and make it to the NCAA Tournament—so we definitely came up short,” Eipp says. “We weren’t happy in that way, but we set a good ground for the upcoming season, and we have a lot to build off and look forward to next year.”

—Staff writer Scott A. Sherman can be reached at ssherman13@college.harvard.edu.