After Huskies catcher Luke Carlin led off the inning with a walk, Lomuscio hit a ground ball to third that Carter fielded and threw to second in hopes of turning a double play.

As second baseman Faiz Shakir caught the ball and pivoted to make the relay throw to first, Carlin barreled into second in an egregious attempt to take him out. When Walsh came out of the Harvard dugout to argue the play, the discussion quickly became animated and Walsh got tossed.

"Coach Walsh and the umpire weren't the best of friends," Lopez said.

The Crimson's frustration boiled over again shortly after Northeastern tied the game at 2-2 in the sixth. As Harvard took the field between innings, Harvard Assistant Coach Gary Donovan took advantage of the lull in the action to exchange a few more choice words with the umpire.

Donovan was promptly ejected, leaving fellow Harvard assistant coach Matt Hyde to manage the team alone.

Harvard sophomore righthander Barry Wahlberg turned in a respectable starting effort, allowing just five hits and no earned runs. He was lifted in the sixth in favor of sophomore Madhu Saty.

Carter, who had not appeared as a pitcher before this season, had an adventurous time on the hill, but showed plenty of talent in striking out the side in the eighth.

"Nicky has a great fastball and a great curveball," Lopez said. "He's been mostly working at third base, but he's done a really good job pitching. Hopefully he can become one of our closers because he definitely has the stuff for it."