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Then, after 89 minutes of deadlock--four minutes into overtime number two--UMass (7-2) finally found a way to beat Crimson freshman keeper Katie Zacarian. Harvard (5-2, 2-0 Ivy) was sent home with its ultimate goal unfulfilled...
Zacarian, in her first game since earning Ivy Rookie of the Week honors, did everything for her team but hold down the win. She stopped 19 UMass shots before the night was done, and she forced the Minutewomen to make the perfect shot in order to beat...
...wasn't until four minutes into the second overtime that UMass was able to find that shot. Minutewomen forward Kristen Schmidt had come close just moments before, skirting around the Harvard defense and unleashing a low shot that Zacarian kicked out of bounds...
...then UMass midfielder Patty Robinson made the perfect attack on the subsequent play. Taking the ball from the left corner and digging from some hidden reservoir of strength, she darted along the end line towards the net at full speed. After evading the Harvard defense, she unleashed a hard shot past Zacarian from point-blank range...
...Crimson can find some solace in the fact that, unlike in past fourth--quarter comebacks, the Crimson prospered against UMass' first string. In the past, UMass had pulled its starters once the game was in hand...