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...resilient Crimson squad overcame deficits of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 in the game's first 40 minutes, but Harvard (12-6, 6-1 Ivy) could not stop Wake Forest (17-3) down the stretch. The Demon Deacons scored three unanswered goals and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals with...
Play had been relatively even up until that point, but after the timeout, the Harvard defense was caught off-guard by the Demon Deacon's new attack...
Junior back Katie Turck tallied the first Crimson goal eight minutes after the Demon Deacons had taken the initial lead. Turck, who always passes the ball in from the end line on the penalty corners, rushed the net after Sarles' initial shot and scored by driving in a ball that had been resting by the Wake Forest keeper's pads...
Fittingly, the Harvard co-captains, Sarles and Maisa Badawy, would score the final two Crimson goals of the season. With seven minutes left in the first half--10 minutes after the Demon Deacons had taken the lead with their second goal off of a corner--Harvard earned its second corner of the game...
Should Harvard win, it would face the winner of the subsequent Michigan-William & Mary matchup. It will be hard for the Demon Deacons not to be looking ahead towards a possible quarterfinal rematch with Michigan, who beat them 3-2 in double overtime in last year's tournament...