Saturday night witnessed the birth of an era and the death of a season for the Harvard men's lacrosse team.
In a brief pre-game ceremony at midfield, Harvard officially opened its new artificial turf stadium in a dedication to its benefactor, Gerald Jordan '61.
Facing No. 4 Princeton (7-1, 4-0 Ivy), however, the post-game celebrations were muted for the standing room only crowd that witnessed the first night game in Harvard sports history.
Trailing 6-0 at the half, the No. 13 Crimson (6-3, 2-2 Ivy) could not recover, falling 12-6 to the Tigers.
With the loss, Harvard was officially eliminated from the Ivy title chase that will be decided this Saturday when Princeton hosts Cornell (8-2, 4-0 Ivy).
Although the Crimson's Ivy hopes faded on Saturday, Harvard still has a chance to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
The Crimson face UMass tomorrow before closing out its season with games against Yale, Dartmouth, and Notre Dame.
UMass played well against former No. 18 UMBC before falling 9-8 in overtime, and the Minutemen have the opportunity to upset the Crimson tomorrow if Harvard does not perform up to its potential.
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