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...opening 10 minutes the two teams sparred cautiously, both exhibiting strong midfield play. Connecticut's first chance, off a corner kick, was turned into the game's opening tally by the Huskies Melissa Morrone lofted a picture-perfect shot into the middle of the goalie's box where freshman Shelley McElroy just as perfectly headed it over the outstretched arms of Crimson netminder Lisa Rowning. For Rowning, also a freshman, it was deja vu, since McElroy was the star last year at Rowning's rival high school in Lake Oswego, Oregon...
Fontes victimized Colombo for the third time early in the second half, running the ball back from midfield to the Crimson 27. Ten running plays were enough to produce the final Big Green score four and a half minutes later...
Crimson high-scorer Kelly Landry decided to generate her own scoring opportunity two minutes into the second half. Landry picked up the ball at midfield, wove through a labyrinth of Eagle defenders and drilled a point-blank salve past B.C. netminder Kathy Brophy to tie the score...
Although Shattuck described the midfield play as "fast, precise and impressive," he cited the final pass before the shot on goal as the weak link in the Crimson offense--a weak link that doomed Harvard's ability to score...
Harvard continued to pelt the Eagles' goal, finding halfbacks breaking free from midfield or getting good crosses from the wings...