"Worst game we've played all season," Bone said, unequivocally. "But it says something about our team when we fail to function like that but still win."
As if to hammer that point home, the young All-America candidate completed his hat-trick 14 with minutes left with the class goal of the bunch, the product of a delicate Job from fellow freshman Matt Hammond and a nicely chipped finish over the shaky Carlson.
"He's a player--he's a tough kid, and you could tell he's had a lot of experience (even though he is only a freshman)," Locker said of Bone.
Harvard pressed all the way to the end, pulling a goal back with 1:06 to play off another Wojcik corner, this time falling for senior Tom Marcotullio the beneficiary.
But there wasn't enough time left for the Crimson to seriously threaten an equalizer, leaving Harvard to wonder what might have been and what is left to salvage from a season already turned sour.
"Right now, the shots aren't going in, and all we can do is work through it and shoot through it," Carella said.
"We have to get a little bit more maturity as a team, and I think we're on our way," Locker said. "But with six losses, obviously the Ivy League is all we have left."
And that road doesn't get easier, either--Harvard next travels to Penn, which defeated the same Columbia team that felled the Crimson for its sole League loss.
"We do control our destiny in the league," Brill said. "And we're starting to get as a team--we just haven't gotten the results yet."