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...that’s what you hope for from a veteran player.” Five minutes into the second half, the Crimson regained the lead. On another penalty corner, McGillivray gathered the ball at the top of the circle. This time, the freshman passed to senior back Francine Polet who fired a shot on net. Sophomore midfielder Chloe Keating was standing in front of the net and managed to tip the ball past Duffy and into the cage. Midway through the half, Harvard capitalized on a mistake, extending its lead after it turned the ball over in the Northeastern...
...Keating said. “There were a couple of early collapses where she really saved everyone.” Harvard’s offense picked up from there. McVeigh managed to test Bears goaltender Caroline Washburn on a deflection off of a free hit by senior back Francine Polet, and later Keating tipped a shot by freshman back Georgia McGillivray on goal. Twice in the opening half the Crimson was whistled for violations close to Brown’s goal, and twice a Harvard shot skidded just wide of the net. In the waning moments of the half...
...into the air and bounced back toward McCoy. McCoy swung at the ball and sent it flying past Crane, but the shot hit the far post and ricocheted back in front of the net. In a mêlée in front of the goal, senior back Francine Polet took a shot that was stuffed by the defense before sophomore forward Maggie McVeigh came in and snuck one into the net. “It was a close call,” McCoy said, “but we luckily had [McVeigh] there to finish the play...
Harvard showed some fire late in the second half. With ten minutes left in the game, McVeigh scored the Crimson’s first and only goal. Senior back Francine Polet fired a hard pass to McVeigh from just outside the circle. McVeigh redirected the ball past UConn goaltender Andrea Mainiero to score her first goal of the season...
...second half until New Hampshire back Brittany Jacobs tied the score at one. The Wildcats added two more goals within 14 minutes and extended the lead to 3-1. Harvard answered on Jafar’s second goal. On a penalty corner with 15 minutes remaining, senior back Francine Polet took a shot that was blocked by Lehman. Jafar, however, got the rebound and buried it to cut the lead to one. Ultimately, the Crimson could not overtake New Hampshire despite six second half penalty corners. Lehman withstood the attack, making three saves in the second half and securing...