"We were only losing by three so we wanted to get back in the game, but at the same time we did not want to lose the ball by making bad decisions," Sprong said. "But you can't force it at that point in the game, and we were forcing shots when they were not there."

With Harvard shaky on its own possession, UMass controlled the third frame, outshooting the Crimson 12-3 and dominating possession.

Marc Morley scored first on an unassisted goal at 1:48 of the third, and Kunkel got his only tally at 13:10 to make it 8-3.

Don Little extended the UMass lead to six in the fourth with an unassisted goal at 1:48, but Primm answered with his second and third goals of the game to cut the lead to 9-5.

Fiore and Madigan each got their second of the day to cement the win at 11-5.

Primm's hat trick aside, it seemed that the rest of the Crimson had trouble finding a rhythm around the cage.

"We had the same problems today as we've had the last few games," Sprong said. "We're not getting good looks at the goal and when we do get looks we're not converting all the time. We're just not scoring right now."

Jake McKenna played a complete game in the cage for the Crimson. The sophomore faced 45 shots, making 20 saves on the day.