"Our midfield could handle the slide very well," Harvard Coach Scott Anderson said. "Once you get by the slide, it gets wide open."

Donovan opened the third quarter with another high shot past Ardrey after another break down the right side. Reilly then received a dish from Co-Captain middie Perry Dodge at the crease, for his second lay-up of the afternoon, and a 7-3 Harvard lead.

After Tortaloni took the fourth-quarter opening faceoff and fed McHugh to cut the lead back to three goals, the Crimson rattled off three straight goals. Two rifling shots by Harvard leading scorer Dave Kramer paced the rally.

Although two Tiger breakaway lay-up goals past Miller kept Princeton within reach, an off-balance floating shot by Cavuoti just beat Ardrey and iced the Harvard win.

"It sets us up for all the marbles on Harvard-Yale, which is the way it should be," Harvard attacker Chip Linehan said.

Crimson, 12-6 at Ohiri Field Princeton  0-3-0-3--6 HARVARD  4-1-2-5--12

Goals: P--Chris McHugh 2, Ed Calkins 2, Justin Tortolani, John Kenney; H--Mark Donovan 3, Tim Reilly 2, Mickey Cavuoti 2, Dave Kramer 2, Perry Dodge, Paul Faust, Chip Linehan.

Assists: P--Tortolani 2, McHugh 1; H--Dodge 2, Cavuoti 2, Donovan.

Saves:P--Jim Ardrey 7; H--Chris Miller 18, Dan Chepaitis 1.