Sophomore Katie DeLellis moved from attack to the midfield, while sophomore Reena Lawande went in on the attack.

"When you have people getting hurt like that, a lot of adjustments to be made," freshman Rachel Chernikoff said. "It was unexpected, and we had to put it in the back of our minds."

Providence took advantage of the defensive confusion about 15 minutes into the second half, when an unmarked player took a pass at the top of the penalty box and rifled a shot past Harvard goalie Brooke Donahoe.

"There were a couple of people floating around in the box, and one of them got the ball," Donahoe said. "The shot was straight on. I got a hand on it, but couldn't stop it completely."

About 10 minutes later, the Crimson equalized the score when Lawande took a shot of her own from the top of the Frairs' penalty box. The ball deflected off a Providence defender and right to junior Sarah Simmons, who unleashed a shot through a defender's legs and past Friar goalie Jennifer Meade.

"I think the defender screened off the goalie," Simmons said.

Harvard generated some pressure in the overtime, but couldn't score on Meade, who also plays for the national team, Wheaton said.

"She's really a great goalie," Wheaton said. "She routinely kicked the ball over the midfield line."

"She's a moose," Donahoe said. "A moose."

Big Green Game

Harvard travels to Hanover, N.H., this Saturday for a game with league-leading Dartmouth (5-0-0) and its star goalie Michelle Conroy.

While the Crimson has had trouble scoring goals this season, the tally rate has increased recently and Harvard has never lost when it has scored a goal.

The only challenge will be scoring one--Dartmouth has yet to allow a goal in five games of Ivy play.

"It would be really, really nice to ruin their perfect season, Donahoe said. "I sure as hell hope we can."