“[Sunday’s] game was a complete 180,” Rosenfeld said. “We had great defense, and we came back from behind and tied the game. It was just unlucky with the last goal they got, so that was really upsetting.”

YALE 5, HARVARD 1

The Bulldogs charged out of the gates, scoring three unanswered goals in the first half. Yale continued its dominance throughout the contest, maintaining the lead thanks to a 36-7 shot advantage.

“We had a tough start to the game,” McGillivray said. “I think the main thing is that Yale plays a similar style to us, and they were just one step ahead of us in a lot of things, especially in the first half. They were getting to the ball first, and they were just one second quicker than us.”

The Bulldogs got on the scoreboard when sophomore Erica Borgo batted in a goal 12 minutes into the contest.

Then Yale sophomore Emily Schuckert broke the game open with two goals in the span of three minutes. The Bulldogs led 3-0 with 15 minutes remaining in the half.

The Crimson looked to regroup heading into the second half, but Yale’s Borgo gave a good pass to junior Maddy Sharp, who buried the shot from the near post five minutes into the second half.

The Bulldogs continued to maintain control of the ball while Tassopoulos made a couple of saves to keep Yale off the board, but she was unable to stop a shot by Yale senior Mia Rosati, setting the score at 5-0 and leading the Crimson to insert sophomore Jenn Hatfield in front of the net.

Hatfield came in and kept Yale off the board with eight saves, and Harvard co-captain Carly Dickson scored a goal off a corner for the final score of the game.

—Staff writer Cameron Dowd can be reached at camerondowd14@college.harvard.edu.