The barrage didn't let up. Bambi Taylor then sent a penalty corner rocketting at an outstretched Sellers, and Crimson Co-Captain Andy Mainelli--who played the second half with visible intensity-followed that up with a diving shot that Sellers again turned away.
The talented Bulldog netminder made save after save 10 in all--to stifle Harvard's hopes.
But the Crimson stick women didn't take advantage of the opportunities that Sellers did give them, consistently failing to pounce on rebounds from their dozen second-half shots.
"We were so surprised to have all those shots," Mainelli said after the game, that "we weren't on [Sellers'] pads for rebounds."
When the Crimson offensive firepower finally let up, the Elis snuck the ball down into the Harvard end, and with 4:07 left on the clock Siegel took a Lucy Bernholz feed and knocked it by Abely to give Yale (now 5-7-2 overall and 2-3-1 Ivy) an insurance goal that would seal Harvard's fate.
Insurance
The whistle blew four minutes later on the careers of seven Harvard seniors as well as on the Harvard season, ending a campaign in which the Crimson never seemed to find its groove, especially in the scoring department.
In fact, the Crimson, which recorded its first losing season in three years, failed to score in every game it lost; meanwhile, it notched just 12 goals all year, with half of those coming in one contest.
Its lack of scoring was just a symptom, though, of deeper problems that ravaged the once mighty Harvard squad, a team that only a year ago finished just one-half game behind Ivy League champion Penn.
An inconsistent defense, a dearth of pure scorers, and an erratic chemistry all prevented the Harvard squad from blossoming into an effective unit.
And not even the arrival of yesterday's sun could give new light to the once high hopes of the 1984 Harvard field hockey squad.
THE NOTEBOOK: The Crimson's .333 winning percentage was the worst single-season mark in Harvard Coach Edie Mabrey's six years here... Yale finished in fourth place in the league.