As the Crimson’s last regular-season opponent at home, Hartwick had been ranked as high as No. 11 this year. Harvard plays the Hawks once more during conference play next month, in addition to top-25 teams Michigan, Indiana, and Princeton.
While the Crimson traditionally has not beaten top-ranked teams on a consistent basis, this season marks a slight exception. Prior to Thursday, for example, Harvard was 3-28 against the Hawks.
“We’ll be able to put to the test all the things that we’ve been working on in this most recent phase in California,” Andersen said. “We had a lot of practice to change things, but now we have to stay focused and keep those changes in mind.”
The Crimson currently stands at No. 13 in the country, its highest ranking in program history. After Thursday night’s win, the team will likely climb further upwards.
“Being number 13 in the country is kind of cool,” Minnis said. “They’re pretty excited about that, but it’s not our goal. We haven’t started conference play—that’s really our focus.”
“Hopefully at the end, we’re still ranked really high.”
―Staff writer Bryan Hu can be reached at bryan.hu@thecrimson.com.