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With 17 minutes left, junior Alex Chi’s work rate put Maryland under pressure, but MacMath beat the midfielder to the ball to maintain his shutout...
Unfortunately for Harvard, another Maryland counterattack proved costly. With freshman defender Richard Smith up-field for a set piece, the Crimson was left shorthanded at the back in the 78th minute. The Terrapins moved the ball to the left, and, from about 30 yards out, midfielder Billy Cortes shifted the ball onto his right foot, before placing it into the bottom right corner...
...34th minute, freshman Scott Prozeller sent a through ball in behind the Terrapins’ back line into the right side of the box. Akpan was able to get there before MacMath, who could do nothing but bring down the Crimson’s star striker...
Akpan stutter-stepped on his run-up to throw off MacMath but struck his penalty weakly to the right. The rebound came back to Akpan off MacMath’s knee, but the ball took a high bounce, and Akpan was unable to get his foot over it, sending his attempt high into the air, and eventually, into the arms of MacMath...
...wind’s impact became clear when Maryland took the upper hand at the start of the second half. The Crimson was giving the ball away cheaply, but the Terrapins seemed wary of pushing too many men forward...