The Terrier offense came out fast and furious, capitalizing on indirect corners to score the game's first two goals. At the beginning of the second half, the Terriers added another goal to improve their lead to 3-0.

The Crimson finally made its mark on the scoreboard a minute and a half later, when Nagle scored what would be the Crimson's only goal of the game. The goal, one of the few bright spots on the day for Harvard, was Nagle's ninth of the season and third goal in as many games.

The game's final goal was scored by B.U. with 17:27 remaining, icing the game and bringing the team's weekend to a disappointing end.

With the loss to B.U., the NCAA Tournament picture for the Crimson looks murky. There are approximately 12 teams that whose berths appear to be secure, while there is a mass of eight or so teams, including Harvard, B.U., B.C. and New Hampshire fighting for the last four spots.

Each of the teams in this grouping has successfully beaten up on each other, but has failed to beat any of the nation's marquee programs.

The selection of the teams to the tournament will likely be completely arbitrary and unpredictable. Harvard will hope that the selection committee will be impressed by a solid second-place Ivy finish and that its competitors will falter in their respective conference tournaments. If not, the Crimson will likely end up in ECAC Tournament for the third straight season.

Of course, if Harvard is to have any hope at a NCAA Tournament berth at all, it must beat Columbia, who suddenly has a competitive team this year. The game is at noon at Jordan Field on Saturday.