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M. Soccer Suffers Heartbreaking Loss

The Crimson looked its best at the end of the first half. Down by two goals with 10 minutes left before intermission, the offense quickly sorted things out.

Carella made a nice run down the right wing and kicked a crossing pass towards Kohler, who was waiting in the box.

Kohler set his crosshairs on the bottom of the far post, and shot the ball right there, 2-1, UConn.

Five minutes later, sophomore Kevin Silva drew a foul in the box, and the referee gave Harvard a penalty shot. Carella got the shot, but the Husky goalie didn't get the ball. And the game was tied at two.

Then, in the second half, the Crimson completed the comeback as sophomore Carlos Ortiz dished a pass to freshman Ricky Lee, who banged a goal in off the crossbar.

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However, it was all for naught. The loss wasn't the fault of the offense, or the defense, or Albers. It was a mix of the three, with some bad luck thrown in.

"We played a good game overall," captain Pepper Brill said, "but it should have never gone into overtime."

"I'd love to play them again," Albers said. "We've lost to them two years in a row--yeah, I'd love to play them again, right now, at nine o'clock [Thursday night]. As a goalie, when you give up five goals, you want to play them again."

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