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With five minutes remaining in the period, freshman striker Brian Rogers slipped through the Bears’ back line and just beat the Brown keeper—junior Paul Grandstrand—to the ball. But Rogers did not make the connection he would have wanted, and a Bears defender was on hand to sweep away the danger...
...just three minutes into the second half, the Crimson had its lead. Rogers picked up the ball on the left and cut into the middle before playing it through to Akpan in the middle of the box. Fourteen yards out with his back to goal, Akpan turned his defender and fired a quick shot with his left foot that beat Grandstrand. Upon scoring, Akpan ran to his bench to share the moment with his teammates...
...Bears immediately put the Crimson on the back foot and with 25 minutes to go were making Harvard’s 1-0 lead appear very tenuous. But the Crimson back line was up to the task. In a three-minute span, Harms saved twice in one-on-one situations...
...captain Chelsea Ono Horn served the ball, a series of ferocious spikes and blocks ensued and ultimately resulted in a kill by the Quakers’ Elizabeth Semmens—one of her career-high 26—that made the score 9-6. From there, Penn battled back and won the first...
Harvard stole back the momentum during the fourth set, winning 25-16, and the Crimson was able to seal the deal in overtime in the fifth...