Like the Johns Hopkins game, Harvard was late to put numbers on the board, waiting more than three quarters and 12 Princeton goals before putting the ball in the Tigers’ net Saturday afternoon. The match proved to be the Crimson’s most dismal performance of the weekend.

“We didn’t even get a shot off in the first quarter,” Minnis said. “They got momentum on us, and then their speed took over.”

Like the Blue Jays, Princeton demonstrated a strong defense and proved to be a very tough opponent.

“They’re very similar teams in the way they do things,” Minnis said. “They both get after it on the transitions. They’re both definitely what we are aspiring to be.”

HARVARD 14, GEORGE WASHINGTON 13

On the opening day of the two-day tournament, the Crimson took George Washington into double overtime in the morning, only to squeak out a 14-13 win.

Harvard was up 9-3 with less than three minutes in the third stanza against the Colonials. George Washington’s powerful 8-2 rally allowed them to knot the score at 11 in the final two minutes of the game. Fortunately for the Crimson, it outscored the Colonials by one goal in the second overtime.

“We established dominance early on in the game, and we relaxed too much,” Murphy said. “They came back while we were being complacent. We pulled out with the win, but at least, this weekend we learned to keep focus and intensity all four quarters.”

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