Grim's shot smacked off the right side of the Cornell goal and lay unattended but untouched in front of the net before Big Red goalie Sue Zieman batted it away.

Cornell also had its chance to end the game early.

With five minutes remaining in the first overtime, Cornell's Jenny Graap smacked a shot on goal. It slipped by Crimson goalie Denise Katsias--who had-rushed to block it--and headed toward the Harvard net.

A great roar from the 100 spectators proved premature as Crimson midfielder Bambi Taylor was in goal to block the shot.

"She just happened to be in the right place at the right time," said Harvard Assistant Coach Sue Caples.

The stickwomen once again had to contend with artificial turf--this time the slick Astoturf of Schoellkopf Field--which had frustrated them in a 3-0 loss to Northeastern earlier in the season.

But a workout Friday morning on the artificial surface of Briggs Athletic Center seemed to help. And, besides, the stickwomen have improved considerably since the loss to the Huskies.

"We've definately coalesced as a team," Co-Captain Alicia Clifton said.

Although the Big Red was not as fierce an opponent as Northeastern, it came within one clock-tick of escaping with a tie.

"I've seen us play better games," Clifton said. "But the main thing was we didn't give up. We kept fighting."

THE NOTEBOOK: Harvard's next game is Wednesday at UMass... Crimson defender Leelee Groome gave the coaching staff a scare when she went down with 25:39 left in regulation. Groome lay on the carpet a minute--being attended by trainer Meg O'Keefe--before hopping to her feet to remain in the game. Her injury was turf-related... Groome wore heavy sun-shade under her eyes despite the fact that most of Saturday's game was played under cloud-cover... Cornell had 10 penalty corners, Harvard had five...Katsias made seven saves... Harvard took 24 shots.