"I didn't know what to expect and I had a free kick and Juan Carlos was right there and tucked it into the goal," McLaughlin said. "It didn't dawn on me until he said something and I said 'Juan, you are the man."
McLaughlin added another assist in the 51st minute off a breakaway goal by Chijioke.
With those two assists, McLaughlin finished off his senior campaign with 12 goals and seven assists--good enough to lead the Ivy League.
Between those two Crimson tallies, however, Hartwick's Liam Hefferman found daylight for what would prove to be the game winner in the eventual 3-2 loss.
"We wanted to end the season above .500," Chijioke said. "But I think we can take a lot of positives out of this season and if we can get ourselves ready for next year, then that will be a very positive for the future of the team."
The Crimson will lose only three seniors in McLaughlin, Ricky Le and goalkeeper Ben Weeden, who had five saves against Hartwick.
"I think that we had a good year it was a lot of fun," McLaughlin said. "It would have been a lot different had we won the first few games. I think our season could have taken a different route."
With this season over, the youngsters will look to follow in the senior's footsteps and lift Harvard back into the top spot in the Ivy League--a spot which it held just one year ago. Scoring Hart--Grechka (Heffeman) 1:00. Hart--Deming (Grechka) 10:17. Harv--Montoy (McLaughlin) 11:15. Hart--Heffernman 47:26. Harv--Chijioke (McLaughlin) 50:14. Saves: Harv--Weeden 5; Hart--Doneit 4.