At 58:15, Eagle forward Charlie Rugg had Conrad exposed one-on-one in the goalie box, but his ensuing shot hit the post.  Three minutes later Eagle defenseman Patrick Chin took a long outlet pass from Aburmad and sent a cross to Bekker, who took the kick from five yards out and put it into the right corner of the net to tie the game at one.

BC had another great opportunity with a two-on-one, yet Conrad was able to make a diving stop to his right on a Rugg shot to keep the game tied.

But the Eagles eventually found their way to the goal. At 66:44, Aburmad beat Conrad on a free kick to the left corner of the goal, giving the Eagles a 2-1 advantage it would not surrender.

“We really only let our guard down for like 10 minutes,” McCarthy said. “They got both goals in those 10 minutes, and it was tough to battle back.”

The Crimson wasn’t able to register any great chances the rest of the way, losing its first game in five contests and its final non-conference match.

“I thought we let up a bit after [our] goal,” McCarthy said. “We just didn’t keep our pressure high enough, and they’re a really good team, so when you don’t keep 100% focus on defense, they’ll hurt you. And they did.”

Harvard’s offense, for its part, managed 13 shots after struggling to get pressure on net in recent weeks.

“That was one of our goals this game,” Junot said. “We told ourselves before the game, the result wasn’t as important as the performance, being able to create more attack opportunities, and we did that.  So there are some positives to the game.”

“It’s a testament to Coach Junot,” McCarthy added.  “He switched up the formation, made it a bit more attacking.  Thanks to that move by him, we made some more chances...we’ll look to build off it in the Ivy League games.”

—Staff writer Scott A. Sherman can be reached at ssherman13@college.harvard.edu.