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M. Lax Beats Duke During Road Trip

Harvard halted its two-game skid on Saturday with a 6-5 upset of No. 12 Duke.

Sophomore Doug Logigian rolled out of the left corner of the box and sent a laser over Duke goaltender Matt Breslin's left shoulder to seal the upset at 13:30 of the final frame.

Logigian has been on a tear lately. Logigian was named to the Ivy Honor Roll for his performance in Harvard's games against Holy Cross and Penn, in which he scored seven goals and notched two assists.

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The Crimson (4-2, 0-1 Ivy) first took the lead 5:12 into the game when senior Roger Buttles scored a low goal out of the left corner of the box. The Blue Devils (6-4) responded five minutes later with an unassisted goal from senior Greg Patchak to tie the game 1-1 at the end of the first period.

The Blue Devils took their first lead of the game 3:12 into the second period when sophomore Kevin Cassese scored off of the rebound from senior Chris Hartofilis's shot to foil freshman goaltender Jake McKenna.

The Crimson came back to tie the game again when freshman Jeff Gottschall picked the ball up in the midfield and worked his way down the field and beat Breslin. But Duke finished the first half with a 3-2 lead over the Crimson when Cassese scored a high goal at 10:56.

Duke widened its lead six seconds into the second half when sophomore Kevin Brennan scored a quick goal off of a pass from junior Alex Lieske. Harvard co-captain Dana Sprong reduced the Duke lead to one goal with a high corner shot past Breslin, assisted by Buttles.

At 9:39 in the third period, sophomore Doug Logigian bounced a shot into goal to tie the game up at 4-4. But Duke would again finish the period with the lead of off an extra-man goal from Brennan.

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