M. Lax Beats Duke During Road Trip

Harvard halted its two-game skid on Saturday with a 6-5 upset of No. 12 Duke.

Sophomore Doug Logigian rolled out of the left corner of the box and sent a laser over Duke goaltender Matt Breslin's left shoulder to seal the upset at 13:30 of the final frame.

Logigian has been on a tear lately. Logigian was named to the Ivy Honor Roll for his performance in Harvard's games against Holy Cross and Penn, in which he scored seven goals and notched two assists.

The Crimson (4-2, 0-1 Ivy) first took the lead 5:12 into the game when senior Roger Buttles scored a low goal out of the left corner of the box. The Blue Devils (6-4) responded five minutes later with an unassisted goal from senior Greg Patchak to tie the game 1-1 at the end of the first period.

The Blue Devils took their first lead of the game 3:12 into the second period when sophomore Kevin Cassese scored off of the rebound from senior Chris Hartofilis's shot to foil freshman goaltender Jake McKenna.

The Crimson came back to tie the game again when freshman Jeff Gottschall picked the ball up in the midfield and worked his way down the field and beat Breslin. But Duke finished the first half with a 3-2 lead over the Crimson when Cassese scored a high goal at 10:56.

Duke widened its lead six seconds into the second half when sophomore Kevin Brennan scored a quick goal off of a pass from junior Alex Lieske. Harvard co-captain Dana Sprong reduced the Duke lead to one goal with a high corner shot past Breslin, assisted by Buttles.

At 9:39 in the third period, sophomore Doug Logigian bounced a shot into goal to tie the game up at 4-4. But Duke would again finish the period with the lead of off an extra-man goal from Brennan.

"The defense, Jake in particular, played really well," freshman Ian Callery said. "They shut down some of the best offense in the country."

The game was drawn to a 5-5 tie when Buttles rolled a shot just past Breslin at 7:27 in the fourth quarter. Led by McKenna, Harvard fought to get the ball out of its defensive zone, and succeeded by taking possession with just two minutes left in the game.30 seconds later, Logigian prevailed with an unassisted goal to give the Crimson the 6-5 win.

"You could tell it was a better team effort," Callery said. "Things came together and we pulled out the win."

Harvard was unable to capitalize on any of its hour man-up opportunities while Duke converted two of its six attempts. Duke also dominated the faceoff, winning 11 of the 13 restarts.

The Blue Devils outshot the Crimson 39-28, but the work of Ivy Rookie of the Week Jake McKenna brought Harvard out on top. McKenna is first in the Ivy goaltending standings with a 5.26 GAA. He had a career-best 18 saves for the game.

Fairfield 8, Harvard 4

A four-goal, Fairfield outburst in the second period proved too much for the Crimson in Harvard's first away game of the season last Tuesday.

"At Fairfield, we were still in a slump," Callery said. "It was our first away game and we didn't really come out strong."

Tuesday's game was originally scheduled for Mar. 8 but was cancelled because of inclement weather.

The Stags took the first lead of the game off of a goal from senior captain Pete Shanley, but Harvard answered less than a minute later with a goal from junior Michael Baly. The teams entered the second period tied 1-1, but Fairfield took over with a four-goal run that the Crimson could not match.

In the third period, the Harvard offense offered some response with two goals, one from Buttles and the other from Callery. But their efforts were erased when Fairfield's Marc Torrey scored two goals in 13 seconds in the fourth quarter to bring the score to 7-3.

Sophomore Jay Wich scored Harvard's final goal at 7:24 in the fourth period, but was answered by Stag Rob Scipioni in the last two minutes of the game to finish the Crimson.

"It was obvious that we weren't playing to our potential," Callery said. "That second loss woke up some of the guys on the team. We were really disappointed with Penn and Fairfield."

Penn 10, Harvard 9

The Crimson suffered its first loss of the season in its Ivy League opener against Penn last Saturday at Jordan Field.

Quaker Sonny Sarker scored his second goal of the game at 9:20 of the fourth period to give Penn a 10-9 lead and the win. It was the Quakers' only tally of the final frame.

The Quakers took the first lead of the game when senior Kevin Cadin scored 25 seconds into the game. Sophomore attackman Matt Primm scored Harvard's first goal a minute and a half later to tie the game. The teams exchanged three more goals before the end of the period. Quaker goals from juniors Peter Scott and Sarker came on either side of Primm's second tally of the game.

At the end of the first period, Penn led the Crimson 3-2 despite a 1:33 man-up situation for Harvard.

"We came out strong and we kept the game close," Callery said.

Gottschall opened the second-period scoring with an unassisted goal at 6:39 to tie the game at three apiece. But Cadin answered for the Quakers with a goal less than a minute later to give Penn the lead again.

Logigan gave the Crimson a 5-4 lead at the end of the first half with two unassisted goals.

Callery carried the Crimson momentum into the second half with a beautiful goal off of a pass from Wich behind the goal. Sprong then tallied a man-up goal for the Crimson, assisted by Buttles to bring Harvard's lead to 7-4.

But this would be the end of the Crimson offense in the third period, as the Quakers went on to score five unanswered goals to give Penn a 9-7 lead going into the final period. Senior Todd Minerly tallied two of these goals and notched an assist on another.

Harvard cut the lead to one goal 1:22 into the fourth quarter when Baly scored unassisted, and then tied the game at 9-9 with a goal from Logigian from Sprong.