Although it was a much closer game than the November loss to the Crimson, the Union Dutchmen could not pull off a win on January 4 and fell to Harvard 3-1. Outstanding goaltending on both ends of the ice was the story of the game, with Dov Grumet-Morris claiming the win with 29 saves.

Both teams were scoreless through the first period and into the second until Tom Cavanagh scored at the conclusion of a Harvard penalty. Brett Nowak made it a two-goal game with only one second remaining in the period.

Dominic Moore scored at 7:31 of the third to put the Crimson up by three with Tim Pettit getting his second assist of the night. Union's Glenn Sanders got Union on the board at 15:25 with a penalty shot, taken after Harvard's Noah Welch was assessed a hooking penalty. Sanders' goal was his first of the season as well as Union's first successful penalty shot in its Division I history. Prior to the goal, Sanders had three assists in 17 games played.

Union pulled goalie Kris Mayotte late in the third but was unable to score with the man-advantage. Mayotte made 28 saves for Union while Grumet-Morris made 29.

Despite the 3-1 loss, Union played a much more disciplined game than in the earlier contest, taking 14 penalty minutes instead of the 58 assessed in their previous meeting with the Crimson. The penalty killing improved, sitting at 80% vs. Harvard compared to the 62.5% in their most recent games vs. Minnesota - Duluth. For the first time since their December 8 win vs. Iona, the Dutchmen put 30 shots on goal. They had averaged 22 shots on goal in the previous three games.