When junior midfielder Nicholas Tornaritis put the ball past Brown goalie Christopher Gomez, the crowd’s groan could barely be heard.

Any of the frustration from the Bears’ fans was overwhelmed by the intense screaming coming from the large Harvard contingent at Stevenson field.

Over the last couple of weeks, the Crimson has been bolstered by a loud and boisterous fan section.

Two weeks ago, a group of Harvard supporters yelled “Arg!” every time Yale’s Evan Stone touched the ball, supposedly because of his similarity to a pirate.

And just last week, members of the Black Men’s Forum and the lacrosse team turned up to cheer for the team, and some led a group of younger fans in a victory lap around Ohiri field after the Crimson’s 4-0 defeat of Cornell.

“Family, classmates, etc.—it’s great, it’s a good type of support,” Tornaritis said.

“All the parents came out and we even had kids from Harvard take buses to get up here,” Altchek said. “We’ve had all these fans we didn’t have in the past.”

The game the fans saw was one of the most exciting of the year and left most of them in utter joy as they came down next to the field and took pictures and hugged smiling members of the team.

“I just talked to a Brown supporter, and he said, ‘That was a great soccer game, coach,’” Kerr said. “I really enjoyed the game....It was great to have so much support. Some of our old players’ parents showed up today, which is nice to see.”

—Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez can be reached at gmvelez@fas.harvard.edu.