When the Harvard men's soccer team defeated Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) yesterday afternoon at Ohiri Field, 4-1, they really defeated them.

The Crimson outshot the hapless Engineers, 32-4, and were to dominant on defense that Crimson keeper Matt Ginsburg was only forced to make one save all afternoon, that coming five seconds before the end of the game.

They're just an incredible bunch of players," said MIT, goalkeeper Mike Schon, who played an exceptional game in the losing cause. "I was just happy to be competing against so many well-known players."

With yesterday's second consecutive win, the Crimson battled its way to a 3-3 record. It marks the first time this season Harvard has been at the, 500 level.

Although Harvard, for the most part, had its way with the visitors, it was MIT who scored first, surprising Ginsburg and the Crimson defenders four minutes after the first touch. MIT striker Grant Schaffner knocked a cross across the Crimson goalmouth, which Ginsburg pushed into the path of fellow frontliner Ed Savard.

The Engineer wasted no time, knocking the gift into the net for a surprise Engineer lead.

If the Crimson had underestimated the lightly regarded Engineers, the goal quickly brought them back to reality. In any event, the Harvardians quickly regrouped and began to pressure the other end of the pitch with increasing regularity.

Crimson striker John Catliff almost had things up one minute later, but Schoen made the first of his 13 saves to deny the Olympian.

In the 11th minute, however, Harvard got the equalizer, and the Crimson got it the same way many of its goals have come this season with superiority in the air.

Harvard defender Matt Cameron, on the right side of the pitch about 30 yards out, sent a high, well-hit cross across the goalmouth, where Captain Lane Ken-worthy won a heading contest with an Engineer defender.

His reward was a goal over the head of Schoen.

From this tying goal on, the Crimson tried and tried to put the go-ahead score in the net, with a lot of shots being taken and a lot of different Harvardians taking them.

But when referee Frank Scargella signaled halftime, the scoreboard still read 1-1.

If the game had ended like that, it would have been yet another example of the Crimson dominating, but still not winning. Harvard outshot the Engineers, 14-2, in the first half and Crimson Coach Jape Shattuck was starting to remember some of the earlier games of the season.

"I'm not going to lie and say that I wasn't a bit worried. I saw what happened at Brandeis," he said, referring to a similar situation in the season's first game.