"It was the best game I've ever been a part of," said Cheng. "It was unbelievably intense."
Harvard held a 5-4 lead in the late stages of the seesaw battle, but Navy knotted the score with a shot from the outside with two minutes to play.
That set the stage for Cheng's third goal. He received a pass inside and fired it past Navy netminder Sean Stanowski to win the game.
The two teams had traded goals for the bulk of the first half, until Navy scored three unanswered goals to take a 4-3 lead.
But Cheng scored his second goal--a long shot from far beyond his usual range--with six seconds remaining in the half to keep the Crimson close.
The second half was marked by Harvard's strength--solid team defense.
Harvard held Navy to 5-for-26 shooting from the field for the game, and just one goal in the last two quarters.
The Crimson also held Navy captain Sean Foster, who had scored three goals against UMass, to a single score during the upset.
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