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Sophomore goalie Mike Meagher was able to keep the ball out of the net for Harvard in the early going, diving and sprawling in all directions to jump on dangerous balls. Providence, however, soon seized a golden opportunity on a Harvard attack gone wrong...
...After beating Harvard's last defender with some fancy ball handling, he was taken down hard in from behind in the box by a charging Crimson defender. Surprisingly, no card was given, but the damage was done as Providence was awarded a penalty kick. Captain Mike Eisenhut promptly beat Meagher low to the right to knot the game...
...second half saw the Friars storm out of the gate with a flurry of offensive chances. But two corner kicks and a dangerous free kick amounted to nothing thanks to a stifling Harvard defense--led by junior captain Ryan Kelly--as well as several diving saves by Meagher...
...Meagher said he felt the University is betraying its humanitarian ideals and those of some its graduates, citing Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs '36 and John F. Kennedy...
...Meagher ended with a rousing call, "Let us go forward as an united front to victory...