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BOSTON--With two starting defensemen nursing injuries and with everyone peeking ahead to Saturday's showdown with Princeton, the Harvard women's lacrosse team was ripe for a letdown yesterday. Junior Honor MacNaughton wouldn't let it happen...
Unlike its two previous games, Harvard (3-0 overall, 0-0 Ivy) played better in the second half than in the first. The Crimson offense sputtered through the game's first 28 minutes, falling behind by a 5-2 margin. But freshman Ashley Birch and MacNaughton scored fast-break goals around a B.U. goal, and at halftime the Crimson trailed...
...second half, Harvard's defense was able to make stickchecks without fouling, while the set offense was able to stretch the Terrier defense and isolate the speedy MacNaughton. All three of her second-half goals came on essentially the same move--a cut from the left side of the goal past her defender and a quick, closein shot...
...comeback began when MacNaughton scored midway through the half, cutting B.U.'s lead to 7-6. That began a string of five unanswered Harvard goals over 13 minutes...
Birch scored three minutes later, followed by junior Holly Rogers and two by MacNaughton. Rogers also kept the whole string going by capturing four consecutive draw controls after those goals...