Miller's linemates, Jared Testa and Chris Panos are also both big scorers with potent outside shots. Hofstra's weakness, although not a glaring one, is in goal, where Kevin Johnson is allowing opponents to score almost 13 times per game.

The game, at least on paper, looks to be a very close one. Harvard and Hofstra share four common opponents: Brown, UMass, UNH and Vermont. Harvard won all four of those games while Hofstra went 3-1, losing to Brown early in the year.

In order to win this game, Harvard must work on defense and control the ball on offense.

"We need to create turnovers, get the ball up the field and control it," Anderson added. "We know that they will have long possessions so we need to hold the ball in order to rest our defense."

The player who may be holding the ball a lot for the Crimson will be co-captain Eckert, Harvard's new all-time leading scorer. Last weekend, on the final goal against Dartmouth, Eckert tied the school's total point record and he will most likely break it tomorrow.

"It felt good to get the monkey off of my back," Eckert said.

The Crimson, too, will be looking to get a monkey off its back tomorrow. All season long, this squad has been playing for respect on the national level. With a win tomorrow, it will finally have some.