"The defense was very strong and very organized," said Scalise, whose overall record at Harvard is now 100- 31-4.

"All 11 players were playing solid defense," Field added.

Most impressive was freshman goalie Trace Whitley, who has given up just five goals in 13 games on route to recording the record breaking nine shutouts.

The Raleigh, N.C. native remained impeccable in the face of a whopping 37 Minuteman shots on goal, which came flying from everywhere on the field.

But the hosts never really got close enough to penetrate the Crimson goal, and Scalise said," "I race's too good a goalie to let in a heap from way out."

When Whitley did get caught in a heap of traffic midway through the second half though freshman defender I ori Barry moved in to save the day. The freshman phenom headed out what otherwise would have been a tying UMass goal late in the game.

Harvard, which was outshot, 3-1, grabbed the only goal it would need with just five minutes left in the first half. After an Ingal larson cornet kick was sent right back out to the senior stopper. Larson took the ball on the hope and found an open Baker standing in front of the UMass net.

Baker quickly headed the ball past a diving Minuteman goalie for the contest's only score.

That set off a wild Crimson celebration and so too, did the final gun. Which marked the biggest milestone in the Crimson's history.

"I don't think anyone knew that it was going to be the 100th win." Whitley said. "Now, though, we're just looking for many, many more."

THE NOTEBOOK: The high flying Crimson travels to Boston University Wednesday... After that only a date at Princeton and a regular season finale against Yale on stopped left before the NCAA. A year ago, the Crimson stopped the Minutemen.3-2.