The Harvard men's lacrosse team dropped its third straight game in a 9-7 loss to Yale Saturday night under the lights at Jordan Field.
Harvard (6-6, 1-4 Ivy) fell behind early and was unable to recover against the Elis (6-6, 3-3 Ivy).
Yale opened the scoring at the 3:38 mark of the first period when Ryan Floyd scored the first of his two goals on the night, the second coming just under two minutes later.
The Crimson defense had trouble controlling the Eli attack, and Blake Beachler extended the Yale lead to 5-0 at the 11:05 mark of the first quarter.
"We didn't possess the ball well in the first period. They won the face-offs and loose balls," co-captain Dana Sprong said.
Harvard finally got on the board at the end of the first frame when sophomore attackman Jay Wich notched a goal on an assist from Roger Buttles, the first of his four assists on the night.
The Crimson stuck twice at the beginning of the second frame with goals from junior midfielder Mike Baly and junior midfielder Doug Logigian.
Tucker Foote beat Crimson goaltender Jake McKenna to extend Yale's lead to 6-3 just before the half.
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