HARVARD 11, IONA 9

Offsay, determined to get the team started off right, led Harvard to victory in its first game of the day. He scored five goals, matching his single-game high.

Though Offsay was double- and triple-teamed by the Gaels, they were unable to contain him offensively.

When Offsay was unable to find the goal, his teammates aided him in driving the ball into the net.

Voith added two goals, while Gerrity, Garcia, senior John Lynch and freshman Christopher Ludwick were able to tally one a piece.

Lynch and Voith also made the intangible contributions in order to steer the Crimson to victory. Lynch helped drive the offense by making crisp passes to his teammates to help them knock the ball in the goal, while Voith played solid defense to hold Iona down.

Burmeister benefitted the help from his teammates, as he was still trying to recover from a blow to the head he took on a shot in practice the day before. Despite his injury—and his inability to sit up for most of the Crimson’s second game—Burmeister stayed in the goal for Harvard against Iona.

“It wasn’t our best game,” Offsay said, “but we were able to get the job done. Sometimes you just have to take the win.”

The Crimson now has two weeks to work through Coach Farrar’s vigorous training plan and prepare for the Northern Championships, which will take place at Brown. Harvard went 2-5 in the Northern Division and earned only a fifth-place finish at the championships last season.

—Staff writer Megha Parekh can be reached at parekh@fas.harvard.edu.