"It was to make up for the games that we felt should have been playing at Yale," freshman Alex Berzofsky says.
The team refuses to give up despite its inexperience and poor record so far. It will play in a tournament at UMass-Amherst tomorrow, then at Maine the next weekend, and then it will host sectionals on May 9.
Beyond that, the Crimson can look forward to next season, when it will return every player from this year's team.
Maybe then, when Norcott and Kasimir will be seniors, Harvard can return to its recently lost position of prominence.
Maybe the Crimson can even qualify as one of the final 12 teams in College Nationals.
Maybe the next bus ride back won't be so quiet.