"That goal made us a little bit angry," Wheaton said. "We felt that we had the ability to score, and in the second half we thought it would come for us."

One factor working against the Crimson as it entered the second half was the stiff wind it would face for the final 45 minutes.

"Certainly the wind had us a bit concerned going into the second half," Wheaton said. "But we felt that we could still score."

B.C., meanwhile, had not only survived the first half against the wind, but actually found itself in the lead. With a goal already in hand, and the wind in the Crimson's face, B.C. could focus solely on holding its one-goal margin.

"Going against the wind on the road, we just wanted to go into the half 0-0," Foley said. "When we went in ahead 1-0, I told the team that the score just might remain that way. I told them to play the rest of the way in three 15-minute periods, concentrating on playing hard defense in each of them."

Despite B.C.'s increased focus on defense, Harvard continued to apply pressure, coming out of the intermission with aggressiveness.

The opening 15 minutes of play after the break were marked by an all-out assault on the Eagles' goal by the Harvard offense.