"Any team that is in the tournament you have to respect," McCarthy said.
"This is their first time, so you know they will be excited.
"We don't want to take anything for granted. We've made that mistake in
the past."
Harvard's first objective today will be to get on the scoreboard early and often. Over the course of its season-ending losing streak, the Crimson netted just two goals in five games, despite outshooting its opponents in three of those matches.
"That [lack of goal production] is not something you can necessarily fix,"
McCarthy said. "It just has to come from someone. Someone has to sacrifice themselves for a goal."
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