If Harvard wins its next two games, it will finish with at least a share of the Ivy title. If it loses both, it will post its worst conference record since 2006, when the Crimson lost to Princeton, Penn, and Yale.
But what some might forget is that last year was nearly a three-loss season for Harvard.
The Crimson trailed its opponents as it entered the second half of its two best-attended games, the night game against Brown and The Game. In the latter contest, the Bulldogs had the lead until the final seven minutes when a combination of the clutch play of then-junior quarterback Collier Winters and the bold play-calling of Yale coach Tom Williams changed the course of the game. What people remember about these games is how they turned out. But the truth is that these contests could have gone either way.
It went that “other way” for the men’s and women’s soccer teams this year, but that doesn’t mean either program has lost its touch.
Losses happen. They give us all the opportunity to reflect on how special, how remarkable, and sometimes how lucky the wins have been.
—Staff writer Christina C. McClintock can be reached at ccmcclin@fas.harvard.edu.