With the Crimson safely ahead, Head Coach John Kerr began resting some of his players, but the team continued to play well. In the 86th minute, Yale did manage to strike again. Williams scored against junior Brandon Renken, who had replaced Mejias in goal, from around six yards out.

Even though Yale scored the final goal, the Crimson by far dominated the game overall.

“We were possessing the ball very well,” Mejias said. “We flat-out outplayed them.”

After having had only two weeks of practice and two scrimmages as a team, it bodes well that the players were able to work together consistently to get Saturday’s win. The team is very young this year, even though the program only lost three seniors last year. This year’s group of freshmen constitutes Kerr’s second recruiting class for Harvard. More than half the team is made up of sophomores and juniors, and only five players are seniors. Yet for a young team, the players have had extensive playing experience, especially considering that eight of the sophomores on the team started at some point last year.

Even though the team was not in midseason form just yet, it seems that there is a great deal of potential for a good season. Last year the team started off strong and then let down when it began to be plagued by injuries. But the team is optimistic for this year.

“Hopefully as a team we have learned our lessons, and we can start off strong again and finish up strong and get into the tournament,” Lenicheck said. “Our goal is to finish high up in the Ivy League, somewhere in the top three teams.”

Crimson fans can only hope that Saturday’s win was a sign that the team has learned and will continue to improve this year.