In her final game for the Harvard women’s lacrosse team, captain Micaela Cyr recorded all four of the Crimson’s four assists, as well as five draw controls and a goal as her team finished with an 18-11 win.

On Sunday afternoon, six Harvard seniors took to the field at Harvard Stadium for their final game in Crimson uniforms on Senior Day.

Harvard (3-11, 2-5 Ivy) defended its home turf against Columbia (3-12, 0-7) in the team’s Ivy and season finale. After battling back and forth for possession, the Crimson squad was able top the Lions, 18-11, thanks to a second half surge.

Junior midfielder Kyleigh Keating opened the scoring in the contest with a goal assisted by captain midfielder Micaela Cyr.

Columbia responded with three consecutive goals from two seniors, each unassisted, to bring the score to 3-1.

“I think adjusting to the other team and what they throw at us [was a challenge],” senior midfielder Danielle Tetreault said. “I think they shut down a few of our strengths early on, and we learned to kind of navigate around that and come back.”

Freshman attack Audrey Todd netted a free-position shot less than two minutes later to curb the Lions’ three-goal momentum to help Harvard close the scoring gap. Cyr notched another assist after dishing the ball to freshman Alexis Nicolia, who pocketed the Crimson’s third goal of the match.

A drive to the net from senior midfielder Nina Kucharczyk put Harvard ahead, 4-3, heading into the final ten minutes of the first half.

“I mean in our game, if you have the ball, you’re winning,” Crimson coach Lisa Miller said. “I think we were really balanced and were moving the ball around well.”

Columbia tallied two free-position shots, the first of which came in a man-up situation to regain the lead.

In the final three minutes of the opening frame, Nicolia netted an unassisted goal and Tetreault executed a free-position goal to send Harvard into halftime with a one-goal lead, 6-5.

“I thought we did well,” Miller said. “We did well in the draw circle. I thought we did a better job defensively down on the crease.”

Harvard opened the second half with a quick offensive attack, scoring three goals in three minutes. Tetreault tallied a goal from a free-position shot, her first goal of four in the contest.

Two more unassisted goals coming from Cyr and senior midfielder Mariel Jenkins put the Crimson ahead, 9-5.

“We distributed the ball on attack, which the attack has been doing a good job with,” Miller said. “Overall it was just a good team game.”

Columbia snuck in a goal to bring its deficit to three goals.