The frequent drives and constant movement that help characterize Bucknell’s offense enabled the Bison to draw a high number of ejections as well as keep the score close throughout much of the game.

But once the Crimson was able to adjust, Harvard pulled ahead in the fourth to take the win.

“They’re a pretty tricky team,” Price said. “They were able to get inside water on us and they drove a lot. We’ll just need to keep working on our drive defense.”

In addition to the difficulties associated wtih Bucknell’s mobile offense, the Crimson needed to overcome the challenges posed by the Bison’s depth.

“They have a larger team than we do,” Zdrojewski said. “They were able to replace their six whenever. They always had a group that was fresh.”

PRINCETON 11, HARVARD 5

Harvard’s first points of the weekend did not come until after Princeton (16-9) finished its significant 6-0 run in the opening minutes of Saturday morning’s game.

The Crimson was able to recover in the second half, holding the Tigers point-for-point throughout the remainder of the game.

“Once we were able to get a point on the scoreboard, in the second half, we really got the momentum going, “ Zdrojewski said. “We went on a four-goal run. We were able to figure out everything that was going on in this half and were really able to put the ball away.”

But the early six-goal deficit proved to be too much for Harvard to overcome, as that familiar gap stayed on the scoreboard until the end of the game.

Sophomore Elise Molnar led the squad with two goals and two assists.

Although Princeton is a ranked team, Harvard believes a win over the Tigers is definitely feasible should the two teams meet again at the Eastern Championships. Additionally, this weekend indicated to the Crimson that it has potential to overthrow these ranked teams in future competitions.

“After the Michigan game, we came out smiling and laughing, because it really showed us we can play with the best teams on the East Coast,” Zdrojewski said. “It’ll push us through practices and prepare us for our games next weekend and for the Eastern Championships, and hopefully, we’ll be able to beat [those teams] at that point.”

—Staff writer Patrick Galvin can be reached at pgalvin@college.harvard.edu.