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After falling behind number-six Loyola 4-0 in the first 14 minutes of yesterday's game at Ohiri Field, the 11th-ranked Crimson didn't get demoralized, intimidated or bewildered. Instead, Harvard roared back to tie the game in the latter stages of the second half and won on junior midfielder Megan Hall's goal 55 seconds into overtime...
...that Harvard (4-2 overall, 1-2 Ivy) wasted any time. After Loyola (6-3) co-captain Jeanne Harrington completed her hat trick 13:58 into the game, the Crimson went to work. Co-captain Megan Colligan, sophomore attacker Lindsay Davison and senior midfielder Sarah Winters each tallied goals; Winters' came with only eight seconds left in the half...
...second period was a defensive stalemate for 17:58 until sophomore attacker Liz Schoyer crept up on Loyola goaltender Dana Hoffman's left side and rifled the ball over her head to tie the game. The Greyhounds broke the 4-0 Crimson run with a score by Betsy Given, but Winters knocked in her second goal of the day to send the game into overtime...
However, if any of the 174 fans in attendance had been told early on that Harvard would tie Loyola--much less hold it to five goals--most of them would have laughed at the notion...
...Greyhounds' first tally was a loose ball that happened to be picked up by Loyola's Kerri Johnson, who whipped it past the surprised Schutt only 37 seconds into the game...