Despite the last-minute flurry, Northeastern’s defense was strong throughout the match, keeping the Harvard offense out of the zone and helping its attack outshoot the Crimson, 33-8, for the game.

It was quite a feat that Harvard remained so close throughout.

“[The Huskies] did a good job of blocking the circle limiting our scoring chances, and [Tassopoulos] had an unbelievable game—that is why we limited them to one goal,” Dickson said. “Unfortunately, we didn’t get it into the circle more.”

Harvard will look to rally next weekend and perform better in a conference matchup at Cornell. But first, the Crimson will look at its mistakes against Northeastern and try to fix them.

“We came out strong, and overall, we played really well,” McGillivray said. “A great opponent in Northeastern, and we always match up really well against them, especially this year.

“Our style is really similar to theirs, so we were able to match up really nicely with their players. We just needed more shots and more corners so we could score a goal.

—Staff writer Cameron Dowd can be reached at camerondowd14@college.harvard.edu.