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Despite Edwards' absence against the Huskies yesterday, the Harvard defenders performed well in front of their goalkeeper Meagher. Freshman sweeper Mike Lobach, for one, broke up several potential scoring opportunities for Northeastern. As a unit, the Crimson defense held the Huskies to just two scores, no small feat considering that they had amassed 19 goals against their previous four opponents...
...They've got some good foreign guys on their team," Hench said of the Swedish Starnas and the Norwegian Hoyem. "We're going to play three markers and one sweeper against them and make sure a sweeper stays deep. We want to play pressure defense against them and make sure the backs stay on the forwards...
Kalil took a feed in the midfield and outran Vermont's sweeper to create a one-on-one match-up with Colberg. Kalil then induced Colberg to go down for a potential save, then took the ball around her to the right side and found an angle into the bottom left corner of the net with just 19 seconds remaining in the first to make the score...
...losses early on in the season stemmed from an inability to generate offense. With a veteran defense led by Lundquist and senior sweeper Lee Williams, it held then-No. 8 Stanford to just one overtime goal in the season opener on Sept. 13, blanked Central Connecticut in the following match, and limited both Columbia and Providence to just two goals apiece...
...solid Crimson defense was anchored by junior sweeper Jessie Larson. In front of Larson were senior fullbacks Chu and Ashley Marynick and sophomore stopper Lauren Corkery. Junior Gina Foster, Harvard's most versatile player, also rotated at the fullback spot and doubled as a forward...