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Operating on the premise that once is enough, the Harvard defenders refuse the opposition the follow-up shots necessary to score off a goaltender as stingy as the Crimson's Juliet Lamont...
...good old days, you rounded up a bunch of your buddies after a long night in Lamont and--like a band of medieval knights seeking out the holy grail--you found your way up Mass Ave., turned right at the Long Funeral Home and...got lost. Fortunately, you found a ragged stranger, approached him. "Would you tell me," you asked with a gleam in your eye, "how to get to Steve's?" The stranger always knew...
When the Huskies broke through the Harvard ranks, they had a three-on-one edge, and even Ivy Player-of-the-Week Lamont couldn't overcome those odds. The Crimson goalie came out of the net to cut down the angle, but UConn's Rose Smith pushed it by for her second tally...
...Huskies upped their pressure in the second stanza, getting more and more follow-up shots off rebounds. After several near-misses, the UConn aggressiveness finally paid off. A shot forced Lamont to the ground to make a save, and Husky Laurie Decker pushed the ball back towards the net. When the ball jammed between Lamont's knees, the Crimson goaltender was called for covering the ball, and earned the Huskies a penalty shot. Cindy Dysenchuk lifted the ball into the upper left corner, and UConn notched the game's first score...
Just seven minutes later, UConn got a chance when it penetrated just right of the Harvard goal mouth. A centering pass that came out of the soup of players and sticks could have been taken by either of two Husky attackers, and Lamont didn't have enough time to readjust when the first let it go through to Smith. Smith's 11-yard drive crossed into the undefended left side of the net, and UConn held a 2-1 advantage with less than 11 minutes remaining in the contest...