But the Crimson responded four minutes later.

“I went around my defender and I literally had 10 feet in front of me,” McGillivray said.  “At first I was going to pass it, but then I saw that nobody was pressuring me so I just took the shot.”

Freshman Marissa Balleza followed up with a powerful shot with 11 minutes to go but missed the lower right-hand corner by inches.

With fewer than 10 minutes to go in the first half, the Big Green buried another goal.  But soon after, Balleza succeeded in getting the ball away from Dartmouth’s goalie and putting it into the cage to knot the score at two heading into the half.

In the second half, Harvard made many attempts to add a goal.  Balleza had a close miss 10 minutes into the second period with the ball flew just over the top of Dartmouth’s cage.

12 minutes into the second half, Dartmouth earned a penalty and was able to capitalize on the opportunity, improving to a 3-2 lead over the Crimson.

“They were getting a lot of two-v-ones against our defenders, and they got a lot of short corners which they were able to score off of,” McGillivray said.  “I think we let their center defender have too much time with the ball as well.”

Harvard was not able to get another goal on the afternoon, though the team saw a shot hit the side post about five minutes later.

Dartmouth scored again with about 16 minutes to go in the second half, making the final score 4-2.

“We let them outwork us, and it [was] really frustrating,” McGillivray said.

“I think we just sat back after it was tied and we let them get way too many offensive plays against us and missed way to many opportunities in the circle.”