If you walked down to Ohiri Field yesterday afternoon and took a look at the scoreboard, you might have thought you'd have walked into an NFL stadium. UNH  4 Harvard  21

Fresh on the heels of their 18-7 smashing of Yale on Saturday, the Harvard men's lacrosse team (6-5 overall, 3-2 Ivy) trounced UNH, 21-4.

"We came to play today," freshman attack Mike Ferrucci said. "We played as a team."

Things started slowly for the Crimson, and the Wildcats actually took a 1-0 lead in the first quarter on a score by attack Dave Hanchett.

But the Crimson came back on a beautiful play between Ferrucci and junior midfielder Pat Marvin.

Ferrucci took a pass from behind the goal, spotted an open Marvin charging toward the goal, and fired a crisp pass to him. Marvin cranked the shot in from about 10 yards out.

UNH got another score before the quarter was out, but Harvard again came back.

Senior defenseman Jon Ponosuk stole the ball at midfield and sent the ball to junior attackman Mike Eckert on the left side of the net.

Eckert then spotted a wide-open Ferrucci charging to the crease, and fed him the ball, which Ferrucci immediately sent home past bewildered Wildcat goalie Gary Foster.

A third goal in the first stanza gave Harvard a slim 3-2 lead heading into the second, and victory was by no means assured.

And then, the deluge.

Harvard took complete command of the game in the second quarter, scoring eight unanswered goals to head into the second half with an almost insurmountable 11-2 lead.

Keying the attack were Ferrucci, who had a goal and four assists in the period, Eckert, who had an unassisted goal and an assist in the period, and senior attack Jamie Ames, who recorded two goals in the period.

Harvard's offensive crush was Keyed by its complete control of possession, and for that Harvard had to thank its faceoff specialist junior mid-fielder Pat McCulloch, who won seven of the nine faceoffs in the second stanza and 11 of the 15 in the first period.

"Pat McCulloch was amazing on faceoffs," junior defenseman Tim Browne said.