Grab Your Mask.

Swine flu strikes again! This time, it's the Harvard field hockey team that's suffering. Already shorthanded due to a small roster and injuries, the Crimson has lost several players to the dreaded virus over the past week.

The flu has prompted the team to postpone its Wednesday night game against New Hampshire until it has enough healthy players to fill out the team.

Harvard's off to its best start since 2005, opening the season with three straight wins. Perhaps swine flu has some as-yet-undocumented benefits for field hockey excellence? Only time will tell. The Crimson, health-permitting, begins Ivy play on Saturday at Yale.

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