This didn't stop Harvard from trying. Sophomore midfielder Roger Buttles made the game 11-5 with 2:14 left in the third quarter.

The Crimson started to maintain possession of the ball and dictate the play to the Tigers. Harvard began working the ball down low.

The improved territorial play paid off just 37 seconds into the final quarter. Watson fed DeVries right in front of the goal and the junior beat Corey Popham to bring Harvard to within five.

A Princeton goal widened the lead back to 12-6, but Sprong answered two minutes later on a setup by Buttles.

Sophomore midfielder Adam McGowan--Harvard's faceoff specialist who obviously struggled Saturday--redeemed himself a little on the final Crimson goal.

McGowan caught the Tigers sliding the wrong way, reversing directions on a pass to DeVries in front of the goal. He then powered the ball past Popham.

"[McGowan] gave me a great look," DeVries said. "The play just reversed around to me and I scored."

Over the final quarter, Harvard dominated the play and recaptured the edge it had early.

"There was a clear shift in momentum during the fourth," Sprong said. "We played the way we played in the first half."

The Crimson stormed out of the locker room ready to play. Buttles opened the scoring, on an assist by freshman midfielder Michael Baly to hand the Crimson its only lead of the day.

Princeton netted the next two goals before Watson bagged his man-up goal.

The Tigers again responded with a deuce, including the first offering from Prager widening the Princeton lead to 4-2.

At 14:23 of the second quarter Watson and DeVries combined for the first time for a strike. This time DeVries setup the junior for his seventh goal of the season.

"Early on, we basically possessed the ball," DeVries said. "[Princeton] didn't pressure us as much as other teams. We were moving the ball around and they couldn't slide fast enough to keep up with the second pass."

While DeVries wasn't pleased with the result, he extracted some small satisfaction from beating close friend Popham twice. Popham allowed four goals and made four saves in the second half, replacing starter Trevor Tierney.