There were plenty of mismatches to exploit. Harvard's team speed advantage over New Hampshire was the equivalent of pitting a Ford V8 against a Venetian blind. There was no comparison.
The Harvard attackers had a field day.
With their one-on-one speed advantage, they zipped around the field and took it to the net instead of relying on nifty passing to score.
Porter led his team with four goals, while sophomore James Ames and senior Ed Sim each tallied three.
Only one guy on the field consistently passed up the shot--freshman sensation Mike Eckert. Eckert racked up an unheard-of eight assists to go with his one goal.
Most of his assists were to teammates cutting to the goal for pointblank shots. Fully-automatic machine gun owners don't have it any easier than Harvard did yesterday.
All told, Harvard took 52 shots.
"We were shooting poorly in the first quarter," sophomore Pat Marvin said. "But we started talking about it in the huddle and things started to come together."
While the UNH defense did a pretty good impression of the Red Sea, the Harvard defense enjoyed a solid day against the slower UNH attack.
The Wildcats managed just 41 shots--27 of them in the first and fourth quarters, when Harvard was off its game. In the key second and third quarters, UNH mustered only 14 shots.
Most of the Crimson's defenders could outrun the New Hampshire attackers, and at one point senior defender Read Hubbard made a coast-to-coast run that nearly turned into a goal.
"A lot of credit belongs to the defense," Prusmack said.
Not that there wasn't enough to spread around. G: UNH--Hanchett (2), Golden (2), Deley, Presbrey. Harlow, Geler; Harvard--Porter (4), Amea (3), Sim (3) Gaffney (2), Nicklas, Marvin, Wojcik, Rice. Westhelie, Echert At UNH--Daley (2), Presbrey (2), Hanchett: Harvard--Echert (8) Nicklas, Marvin, Woicik. St UNH--Smith 17; Harvard--Camp, 14, Sipe 2.