Likely as a result of the team’s aggressive play, Harvard committed a large number of penalties throughout the game. The Crimson gave up a total of nine penalties, four of which BU managed to capitalize on.

WHAT’S COMING NEXT

In some ways, this game against the Terriers was a warm-up for Harvard as the team prepares to enter an enormously challenging finish to the schedule. With last week’s upset win over Cornell, the Crimson has gained sole possession of the lead of the Ivy League, and needs only one win in its last three games to clinch an appearance in the conference tournament. The Ancient Eight champion will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

“Obviously our goal is always to win the Ivy Championship,” Wojcik said. “But we don’t look at the big picture. If we did that, we’d be taking a step backwards. Our focus is going to be on being better tomorrow.”

But winning one of those three games will be no easy feat.

“As a group, we’re still building towards playing a complete game,” said Harvard captain and senior midfielder Peter Schwartz. “We need to have the maturity to come off a big win like last week and play our best lacrosse.”

—Staff writer Theo Levine can be reached at tlevine@college.harvard.edu.