Four minutes into the third, junior Mark Scalise streaked up the right side and sent a cross-field pass to Gibbons, who went low and beat Davis to put Harvard back up by two. Comeau responded with an unassisted goal on a fast break at 9:07, but Eipp struck right back with a score of his own to make it 10-8 Crimson.

At 5:20, Doyle came around his defender moving right and beat Davis unassisted to put Harvard up three, but Georgetown would fight back again.

Comeau beat Krieger high after a give-and-go with Mirabito under a minute later. With 3:43 remaining in the period, Hoyas midfielder Max Seligmann came around to the left and dished off a short forward pass to Emala, who was able to push it past Krieger despite a big hit from a Harvard defenseman. Emala hit the post on his next shot attempt, but was able to pick up the bounce-back of his own rebound and fire it home, tying the game at 11 with 51 seconds to go in the third.

The Crimson retook the lead 3:25 into the fourth. Senior attack Matt Hull came down the end line and passed off to Alex White, who hit Cohen in front of the net for the goal. Thirty-two seconds later, Gibbons came around from the right, spun, and fired over Davis’ right shoulder to give Harvard a two-score lead.

Angle responded for Georgetown at 10:04 after spinning and beating Krieger high from the left. But Cohen would find Vaughan cutting from the right side behind the net, and Vaughan would score to put the Crimson ahead 14-12 with 6:16 remaining in the contest.

After a Davis body save two minutes later, Alex White picked up the rebound and put it back in to make it 15-12. Shortly thereafter, Eipp came around the net on the left side and found freshman Eric Slingerland wide-open on the right, who scored with little effort.

“Sixteen goals is great against anyone, but especially against Georgetown,” Cohen said. “Their defense was flying around. This is something we’re really proud of.”

The Hoyas would not go quietly, as Emala, Dan McKinney, and Casey added scores to cut the lead to 16-15 with seven seconds to go. But in the ensuing faceoff after Casey’s goal, Georgetown couldn’t handle a groundball, and Harvard held on for the victory.

Gibbons led the Crimson with four scores, while Cohen added three, and Eipp and Doyle had two. Emala had five goals to pace the Hoyas. Harvard outshot Georgetown, 47-40, but the Hoyas won 21 of 33 faceoffs, had four fewer turnovers, and owned a 33-32 advantage in groundballs.

“Today was obviously a huge win,” Cohen said. “The last two years they got us by one down at their place. It was nice to get a little bit of revenge.”

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