Massachusetts tacked on another to make it 4-1 just 30 seconds into the second half.
Junior Jesse Gunderson answered quickly, however, scoring the Crimson's second goal 24 seconds later to pull the Crimson to within two.
The score remained 4-2 for another seven minutes as the Crimson created several scoring opportunities, but could not score inside facing a tough UMass defense.
Additionally, Harvard was unable to capitalize on several situations in which UMass was shorthanded.
"We had a lot of opportunities," Floerchinger said. "But some things didn't work out."
UMass' co-captains sealed Harvard's fate in the fourth quarter. Katie Grogan fired in a shot from the left side with five minutes remaining in the game, and Claudia Clement added another in the game's final minute.
"It's tough, because we did a lot of things right that just didn't end up as scores for us," Floerchinger said. "But man, did we play well. We'll do a little fine-tuning in the next few days, but we're really close."
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