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...played hard. Now only if we could keep that intensity the entire game we will be set.” 32 minutes into the first half, the Crimson almost strengthened its lead to 3-0, but freshman Hana Taiji’s shot was barely off target, hitting the crossbar. Sheeleigh’s follow-up was saved by Pont. Late in the first half, the Tigers finally began to gain some momentum and produced their first shot on goal. Junior Laura Dale saved three consecutive shots from Princeton before Sarah Peteraf was finally able to sneak a shot...
...Crusaders kept Dale and her back line on their toes from start to finish, and the keeper’s leap to push a Holy Cross shot over the crossbar to preserve a 1-1 tie stood out as one of the game’s defining plays...
...first half saw the Crimson enjoy the majority of possession. The first few minutes were played almost entirely in Big Red territory, but Harvard was unable to test Murphy.Cornell picked up its play in the eighth minute, when junior forward Eva Dixon put a good chance over the crossbar. Freshman midfielder Abigail Apistolas followed by forcing a good save from Harvard junior keeper Lauren Mann.Fortune then favored the Crimson, as Murphy could only stand and watch as a cross from the right side of the goal box hit off a defender and fell into her net for Harvard?...
...chances at its third goal before finally cashing in. Baskind came close to doubling her tally in the 67th minute when she collected the ball close to midfield and used her advantage in speed to surge past the Bulldog defense; her bid for her second goal shot off the crossbar. But two minutes later, the Crimson won a corner off of a deflected Sheeleigh effort. Baskind’s subsequent cross into the box found Hagner, who volleyed home her first goal of the year. With the game well in hand, Harvard did its best to run out the clock...
...second half, Mann kept the Crimson in it for a while, but in the 75th minute, Penn scored on a breakaway. Harvard had opportunities of its own, but they came few and far between. In the ninth minute of the first half, freshman standout Melanie Baskind hit the crossbar. At the end of the game, sophomore Katherine Sheeleigh ripped a shot off a corner kick that sailed just high. For the future, the team will concentrate on connecting on these chances. “One of the main things is continuing down the end line, not passing back...