BOSTON – Unable to convert on a couple of early quality chances, the Boston University men's soccer team could not overcome a 25th-minute goal and ultimately fell, 1-0, to Harvard on a rainy Tuesday night at Nickerson Field.

With their eight-game home unbeaten streak dating back to last season snapped, the Terriers fall to 2-3-6, while the Crimson improve to 5-4-1. BU finished with a 10-8 advantage in shots but none of its attempts forced  Cullen MacNeil to make a save.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Two minutes into the game, after receiving a service pass into the box from sophomore Brian Hernandez, junior Aidan Bone found on the right side senior Quinn Matulis, who had a look at net from an angle but sent the eight-yard shot wide right.
• The Terriers forced a turnover following a Harvard throw-in and pushed the ball past midfield. Hernandez pounced on it and quickly took a 40-yard shot that rolled inches wide left of the post of an empty net, as MacNeil rushed up the field off his line in an attempt to clear the ball.
• Both Matulis (20:39) and Hernandez (22:48) later went wide again.
• Harvard scored on its first attempt when Ale Gutierrez fired an 18-yard shot at the left post following a service pass up the field from Kaoru Fujiwara.
• Junior Andrew Rent nearly tapped a cross inside the near post three minutes into the second half, but a Crimson defender blocked the attempt and the backline cleared the ensuing corner.
• Senior Colin Innes' shot attempt was blocked at 74:51, and his corner kick was cleared seconds later.
• Trying to find the equalizer, BU sent a long cross in the final seconds toward the box but just missed on the connection for the shutout loss.

GAME NOTES

• Hernandez, Matulis and Rent all finished with two shots apiece.
• Senior Francesco Montali earned two saves.
• BU finished with a 2-1 edge in corner kicks.
• The Terriers' eight-game home unbeaten streak was the program's longest since 2014.
• Harvard snapped a three-game losing streak at Nickerson Field to the Terriers to improve to 28-17-8 all-time in the series that dates back to 1951.

UP NEXT

• BU will remain home and resume conference play by hosting Bucknell on Saturday (Oct. 8) at 2 p.m.
• The matchup is part of Soc'toberFest, which will feature food trucks, cider donuts, ears of corn and a 21+ beer garden.
• The Terriers will also honor the 35-year head coaching career of Neil Roberts (1984-2019) at halftime.