An offsides call on Harvard with under 30 seconds remaining made things interesting, as the Minutemen placed high pressure on Harms with ten men inside the offensive box. But UMass couldn’t muster a shot the rest of the way and the Crimson was able to hold on for victory.

“Overall, we managed the game very well,” Junot said. “It’s always a big challenge to come from behind...I thought we had a good game plan, and I thought the players responded well to what we were trying to do.”

It was certainly a rough game, with 48 total fouls and multiple injury timeouts.

“I don’t like to play that type of game where we have to foul a lot in order to be successful,” Junot said. “But at the same time, I think that’s what was called for the way the game was being played.”

Rogers led the team with four shots and three shots on goal in the winning effort. With the victory, Harvard improved to 8-0-1 against its intrastate rivals since 1985.

“I think our team showed a lot of character today,” Rogers said. “We went down early, but everyone kind of grouped together. We knew we were the better team, so as long as we just kept playing the way we knew we could, we would win.”

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