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...against MIT, and the Crimson attack was not slow to untrack yesterday. Lets than three minutes into the match, Junior Jay Hooper caught his Engineer marker with his slide rule out and used some very fancy footwork to free himself on the left wing. His cross found striker Richard Berkman streaking into the penalty box, and the Long Island native cracked a left-footed half volley into the MIT twines...
After the Crimson's first-half barrage, no one in the crowd of around 70 seriously questioned the final outcome. The booters biggest headache came from MIT's undisciplined attack. At times, the Engineers sent nine players Into Harvard's half, leaving Berkman and Ayrault with solo defenders. Poor defensive clearing kept the booters from ever capitalizing with counter attacks...
...Martin Sabelli dribbled out of the defense completely unchallenged and blasted a 35-yard rocket that bent the Engineer's crossbar. Ayraut picked up the rebound in a crowded penalty box, but was sandwiched by three MIT defenders. The ball squirted out of the goalmouth pack and a hovering Berkman jammed it into the twines from eight yards...
...opening 20 minutes of the match, the booters ran the Quakers into the Business School turf. Halfbacks John Lyons and Leo Lanzillo owned the center of the field, allowing the front line of Lance Ayrault, Richard Berkman and Mauro Keller-Sarmiento to continually pressure the Penn net. But none of the Crimson pepper touched the Quaker twines...
...Crimson came alive in the final ten minutes of regulation play, beating the Quakers on the difference in talent. With less than a minute left, Berkman worked a nifty give-and-go with Lanzillo at the edge of the Penn penalty box, giving himself a solo run at netminder Michael Moore...