“In those kinds of situations, you try to remain calm and confident,” Vaughan added. “There was no point in the game where I thought we were in jeopardy of losing; I was confident in our guys and the leaders of our team.”
Junior midfielder Terry White was one such leader, scoring two unassisted goals in a two-minute span that gave Harvard the emotional lift it needed.
“He’s a leader—one of our best players—and he really stepped it up,” Vaughan said.
“Terry White did a great job,” Gibbons said. “Going into the fourth quarter and shooting back-to-back goals, that really helped us get the momentum back, and we were able to take the win from there.”
Though the Griffs would respond with two goals of their own, Harvard used another goal from Doyle to retake the lead, and another unassisted goal from Gibbons all but sealed the win.
“We’re pretty psyched to come out of that close game with a win,” Vaughan said. “Especially that Coach Wojcik’s first game as the head coach of Harvard went down as a ‘W.’”
—Staff writer David E. Lopez Lengowski can be reached at delopez@college.harvard.edu.