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...play in typical Harvard fashion. The squad at times took absolute control of the flow of action, but obstinately refused to score. In the first half alone, the Crimson offensive machine sputtered in the face of three open nets and two breakaway attempts, in spite of some excellent playing midfield...
Mauro Keller-Sarmiento, Lance Ayrault, and Smith manned the front line, and along with the support of several strong performances at the midfield positions, continually put heavy pressure on the UMass goal...
Keller-Sarmiento and Steve Higginson changed that at 23:00 into the second half, with a beautiful drive down the right side of the field. After some fancy dribbling at midfield, Keller-Sarmiento unleashed a twisting, but well placed pass to Higginson, standing about five yards in front of the net. The sophomore forward eased around a too-anxious UMass goalie, and casually dropped the ball over the line to make the score...
...move worked well both ways. Mostly because of the quick change in momentum at midfield spurred by the inspired ball handling of Smith and Keller-Sarmiento, Richard Berkman and Lance Ayrault finally managed to put some heat on Wesleyan goalie Dave Coombs...
...much of the second half, the Harvard attack degenerated into the kind of long ball game the squad must avoid. As the Crimson lost much of its midfield superiority, Wesleyan defenders consistently booted the sphere back into the Harvard end. Only some vintage play by the Crimson's veteran goalie in the last minutes of the game kept the Cardinals from getting a score up in lights...