Burmeister posted 14 saves throughout the game and helped keep it close until the bitter end.

Harvard led 4-3 entering the fourth quarter, but Lohrey scored early. Jacobs broke the tie with a goal after MIT was awarded the ball when a penalty was called on Burmeister for going after the shooter before the ball was released.

With less than 1:30 remaining in regulation, Harvard announced it would not go quietly into the night as Offsay scored and restored the tie at five apiece after passes from Gerrity to Garcia and Garcia to Offsay.

The teams shared control of the ball in the first quarter, but it was the Crimson that drew first blood. The return of Schulte, who had been sidelined with a broken foot, proved to be a big asset for Harvard. Schulte scored the first goal with 5:47 left in the second quarter.

MIT answered right back with a shot from Lohrey that bounced off the right post and into the goal 30 seconds later.

Harvard led 3-1 when, with just 10 seconds left, Jacobs scored to narrow the lead to one goal. Each team notched one more goal in the third, contributed by Offsay and Jacobs.

Being home seemed to make the team play harder.

“That was a big help,” Offsay said. “The fans Friday night were great. [They] did a great job showing up. We appreciated that.”

“It was pretty sweet to have all that support,” Burmeister added. “I know it made me want to play better to please the home crowd.”

Queens 7, Harvard 6

In its defeat against Queens College, Harvard succumbed to the Knights’ attack in the fourth quarter.

The score was tied at five after the third. Filip Tomasevic put the Knights on top with a ball that ricocheted off the right post and into the goal with 3:21 to go.

Garcia retied the score with a goal with 2:56 left in the game, but that was the last time Harvard was able to get the ball past Queens goalie Vedran Sokac.

Knights senior Mikhail Klochkov snuck the ball into the net between Burmeister and the left post for what would prove to be the Knights’ winning goal.

The Crimson took the lead early with a Schulte goal in the first after a string of passes from junior John Lynch to Gerrity to Garcia.