But the Tigers were not done. Behind a strong defense and timely scoring, Princeton mounted a second comeback.

Senior Lizzy Drumm cut into the lead with her goal at 13:35, and 31 seconds later, Pyle notched an unassisted score to cut the lead to 9-7.

Both defenses clamped down in the next nine and a half minutes, until Davis scored her second goal of the game with 3:26 left to cut Harvard’s lead to one.

The goal put the Crimson on the edge of losing its big lead and set the stage for a tight finish.

“I think our team has learned to react well to pressure and view situations that like as being fun and not scary,” Baskind said. “We have been there before and it’s exciting. We are an exciting team to watch.”

The Tigers had a great opportunity to tie the game with what appeared to be a one-on-one attack by junior goalie Kerry Clark, but defenders freshman Alexa Buckley and junior Ellen Gleason swamped the attacker, and Buckley forced the turnover, which allowed Harvard to pick up the grounder and run out the clock.

“With a one-goal lead, it always a little uncomfortable,” VanderMeulen said. “We made some silly mistakes in the last three minutes that put ourselves in jeopardy. But I think we came together collectively, and this was a huge team win.”

Despite the close score, Harvard dominated the game, outshooting Princeton 28-12, winning 14 of 19 draws, and grabbing 20 grounders to only 13 for Princeton.

“Huge game for us,” Baskind said. “We have played a in a bunch of one-goal games so far this year, and unfortunately, we haven’t been able to pull out all the wins.” A win in a close, competitive game against a team like [Princeton] is huge for our confidence going forward.”