“We were rushing a lot in the second half,” Crosby said. “You have to rush in a smaller pool because everyone is so much closer together.”
Harvard has struggled to overcome this problem all season. The Crimson had wanted to bring its A-game to Amherst and control the tone of the game, but failed to dictate the pace of last night’s action.
“We need to learn to work on our game and work on bringing our game to the other team,” Crosby said. “Once we start to do that better, we will be in good shape to win these closer games.”
The Crimson hopes it will fair better on its own turf as it hosts the ECAC Championship this weekend.
It is possible that Harvard will face the Minutemen this weekend for a fourth time if each team makes it to the final rounds of the Championship—this time in its own larger pool.
Harvard will begin competition this weekend Saturday morning against George Washington University at 9.