With the break came the end of the Harvard’s streak of nine unanswered goals; the Bears scored within the first 30 seconds of the next half.
Although its shots rarely found the back of the net, Brown came out in the second half with a different mentality. The Bears were much more aggressive with their offense and got off several more shots than in the first half.
However, after a slight offensive lull, the Crimson picked up again toward the end of the third stanza, going on a 3-0 run to cement its dominance.
The start of the fourth quarter brought in the second-string players, who rode down the clock—and scored a few goals—to finalize the 15-5 victory.
With a rematch with Brown on the horizon in less than three days, Harvard is going to continue practicing in hopes of repeating its success.
But Saturday’s game won’t be any different from last night’s, according to Minnis.
“We’re going to keep playing the system,” Minnis said. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
—Staff writer Patrick Galvin can be reached at pgalvin@college.harvard.edu.