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Princeton began (9-5 overall, 4-2 Ivy League) the bruising last Saturday when it defeated the Crimson, 2-1, in overtime for Harvard's first league loss of the season. The Tigers them finished it off Saturday with the old one-two punch--denying Harvard (10-5-0 overall, 4-2-0 Ivy League) both its anticipated revenge and a rematch against Ivy champ Brown, which had defeated Ursinius in the earlier semifinal game...
...wasn't long before Princeton caught on and began keeping the ball under close control. on a breakaway with 18:01 left in the first half, senior Sue Finney barreled into the circle, drew the ball left then and drove it into the right corner of the net past Crimson goalie Lisa Yadao...
Despite a solo 50-yd. drive by Harvard Co-Captain Char Joslin and a strong shot on goal (saved by Princeton goalie Liane Kersey), Harvard's attack couldn't seem to complete the neccessary transitions from offense to defense. The Crimson also did not take advantage of key scoring opportunties--a problem that has haunted Harvard all week during the first Princeton game and the Ivy title game against Brown...
...last six minutes of the first half, Harvard had three consecutive corners but failed to convert on any of them. Botched stops prevented the Crimson from even taking a shot on the first two. On the third, Joslin managed to get off a beautiful drive straight to goal, but it was stopped cold by Kersey...
...Bruins bullied the Crimson to a 12-7 win and won the New England tournament which it has dominated for several years...