Perhaps as a result, the final game against Princeton could only be seen as a positive for the struggling Harvard crew.
For the majority of the game, the Crimson played the Tigers even and had it not been for yet another two minute collapse, the outcome would have been entirely different.
This time the lapse occurred immediately following the halftime break as Harvard's nightmare came in the form of the third quarter. In a matter of two minutes, Princeton's measly 4-3 lead turned into a commanding, and what proved to be invincible 8-3 lead. At that point, the Tigers simply cruised through the remaining 12 minutes for a 11-5 victory.
"What has really hurt us is that we are really careless with the ball," Benson said. "But another positive is that we diversified our scoring."
Indeed, for in that final contest, Zimmerman, captain Andy Davis, sophomore Dror Bar-Ziv as well as freshmen Ron Romero and Grant Garrigues all found the back of the net.
So after a weekend in Annapolis which left much to be desired in the minds of the Harvard players, the East-in the form of games against MIT on Tuesday, Umass on Friday and B.C. on Saturday-will be a site for sore eyes.