Brown Beats Harvard 16-14, Teams Combine for 40 Turnovers

Brown Beats Harvard 16-14, Teams Combine for 40 Turnovers

Brown Bears win their Ivy League opener versus Harvard 16-14 at home Saturday, but the game was plagued by turnovers — Brown 21 and Harvard 19.

Brown’s sophomore attackman George Grell scored his third goal of the game on a feed from Carson Song with 1:40 remaining to give Brown a 15-14 lead. Brown got a late goal with under 10 seconds to secure the win.

Brown improves to 3-2 overall, 1-0 in the Ivy League, while Harvard falls to 2-4, 0-1 in league play.

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"This was a great game with a lot of ups and downs," said Brown head coach Mike Daly.  "I'm proud of how our team battled to the bitter end. That's what we expect when we play an Ivy game."

Brown led for most of the game, holding a 5-1 advantage after one quarter, 7-5 at the half and 13-11 after three quarters. 

Brown grabbed a 14-13 lead on Ryan Aughavin's third goal at 8:41 of the fourth quarter, but Harvard's Nigel Andrews quickly tied the game, knotting the score for the sixth time, with a goal at the 7:45 mark. 

Bears' All-American goalie Phil Goss came up with the biggest save of the game when he stopped Harvard's Kyle Anderson one-on-one with 5:30 left in the game.

Freshman Darian Cook also scored three goals for the Bears, while adding two assists for five points. Aughavin finished with three goals and an assist, while junior Luke McCaleb and Jackson Newsome added two goals each.

Goss registering 14 saves and Crimson goalie Kyle Mullen making 16 saves.

NEXT UP: Brown hosts Holy Cross on Tuesday at 7:00 PM.