With Harvard and Brown tied at two, the Crimson suddenly ignited its offense and scored three quick goals before the end of the half. Primm scored his second and third goals of the game during the period, and DeVries added the fifth Harvard goal at the 12:24 mark.

With Harvard taking a commanding 5-2 lead into the locker room at halftime, Brown surged back onto the field prepared to outmatch the Crimson offense. The Bears immediately scored two quick goals, slicing the Harvard lead to one.

Watson then scored his second goal, putting Harvard up 6-4, but the Bears scored on an unassisted goal by Jimmy Mormile, cutting the Harvard lead to 6-5.

Facing a sudden threat from the Bears, the Crimson quickly recuperated at the 2:26 mark of the fourth quarter. DeVries scored off an assist by Buttles, beefing up Harvard's advantage to 7-5.

"We weren't going to give in," Primm said. "Sometimes we have the tendency to lose momentum, but today we didn't, and we took advantage of all our opportunities."

The Bears, however, were not ready to surrender. Brown freshman Chas Gessner scored to cut Harvard's lead to 7-6, but the Crimson proceeded to outscore the Bears 3-1 for the rest of the period.

Harvard freshman Jay Wick added on an extra-man goal to increase the Crimson's advantage, and DeVries added his second goal of the game to cement Harvard's 9-6 lead. Watson and the Bears' Monfett exchanged goals to end the game, giving Harvard a 10-7 victory.