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...hurt the team in the early going with Yale drawing first blood at 18:12--before the Harvard team could even warm up. The Crimson, realizing the possibility of an upset, wasted no time and responded with five unanswered goals in quick succession. The first two, hurled by Maureen Finn and Cat Ferrante, were unassisted and started the barrage that lasted throughout the half...
Defensive standouts for the Crimson were Maureen Finn, who hustled back to defense and worked well in the corners to check the ball attack, and Laurie Gregg, who also turned away Yale efforts to move the ball forward while intercepting frequent Yale passes...
...Finn responded a minute later with the first of her goals, on an unassisted field-length breakaway. But Harvard couldn't keep up any kind of sustained attack and allowed UMass to take the lead again on a Margie Anderson shot off a pretty pass from Thayer over the heads of the Crimson defenders...
...second half Finn and UMass's Thayer traded goals in the early going, but the rest of the period slowed down and the game became a tough defensive battle...
With only 3:19 remaining in the contest, Finn broke the grueling defensive battle with her hat trick score to give the Crimson...