Harvard entered yesterday’s game ranked No. 20 in the nation, marking the Crimson’s first foray into the top-20 this season.

Why is this noteworthy?

Harvard didn’t even play last week.

The Crimson defeated the Bison on March 5. When the rankings came out that week, Harvard found itself just outside the top-20, in the dubious “Others Receiving Votes” category.

While Harvard’s game against Massachusetts was cancelled last week due to inclement weather, Bucknell did the Crimson a favor by defeating then-No.2 Navy in overtime.

The victory propelled the Bison to No. 18 in this week’s rankings, and due to the fact that Harvard’s victory over Bucknell became more impressive in light of the recent events, the Crimson found itself in the No. 20 spot.

“It’s kind of nice,” said Wannop. “[It was] a good win over Bucknell. We really haven’t proven anything yet, [but] it’s a nice honor.”

OVERTIME

The first-year head coach of the Crusaders, Adam Pascal, was an assistant coach at Harvard in 2002… For the second time in as many games, exactly nine different players scored at least one goal for the Crimson… Two freshman—Scholl and attackman Zach Widbin—are currently tied for the Harvard goal-scoring lead, with four apiece.

—Staff writer Jonathan P. Hay can be reached at hay@fas.harvard.edu.