“We were doing well until the red card,” senior co-captain Scott Prozeller said. “Being a man down was difficult.”

Despite these setbacks, Harvard went into halftime boasting a 1-0 lead.

But it was the Mustangs’ quickness that eventually allowed them to outlast the Crimson. And with a man advantage, Cal Poly controlled the ball for most of the second period.

Mustangs junior forward Ian Clark tied up the game in the 53rd minute on a close-range shot. Clark received a pass from junior midfielder George Malki with his back to the goal and then spun around his defender to slot the ball into the bottom left corner of the net.

Ten minutes later, it seemed that Harvard had regained its lead when it sent a ball into the back of the net, but the goal was called back after being ruled offside.

Junior forward Chris Bernardi then fired a shot into the top left corner of the net in the 72nd minute to put Cal Poly on top. The Mustangs held the lead and secured their fifth straight victory after the Crimson’s subsequent three shots proved unsuccessul.

—Staff writer Stephanie E. Herwatt can be reached at sherwatt@college.harvard.edu.