The Harvard women's soccer team has been unbeatable this year, and nothing looked different after its balanced attack left Penn quaking Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia.

The Crimson (7-0-0 overall, 3-0-0 Ivy) entered the game ranked 17th in the nation and rolled to an easy 5-0 win over Penn (2-5-1, 0-2-0), with five different Harvard players scoring goals.

"As you can tell from the box score, we were really balanced," senior co-captain Rachel Chernikoff said.

"That's been one of our strengths this year. We have people who we look to to score and then we also can count on getting some scoring from other people," she said."

Although Sunday's effort was not as dramatic as some earlier wins such as the 2-1 nailbiter against Yale, no one was complaining.

"We wanted to concentrate on both sides of the scoreboard and take pride in everything we do," freshman halfback Beth Zotter said.

"It's not just about winning but how we do it. We gave up goals earlier in the season to teams that we shouldn't have and are better than."

Harvard stayed out of that trap by getting ahead and not letting up on Penn.

Junior forward Kristen Bowes buried the ball in the netting for Harvard's first goal 7:32 into the match. The goal was her second of the year.

Senior midfielder Dana Tenser found sophomore halfback Brynne Zuccaro, who also had an assist, for the second goal fifteen minutes later.

Junior midfielder Emily Stauffer, a First Team All-American last year, scored her team-leading eighth goal of the season at the 34:20 point of the first half, and the only question remaining about the outcome was what the final score would be.

Harvard maintained its lead into the second half and added two more goals with less than fifteen minutes to go.

Sophomore midfielder Naomi Miller, whose five assists lead the team, added some scoring with her fourth goal of the season at the 76:03 mark, and Zotter made a penalty kick for her first career goal to end the scoring just two minutes later.

"I was going around the last defender at the six-yard box when I got tripped," Zotter said.

"I usually don't like to take penalties after I'm fouled, but coach [Tim Wheaton] was pointing at me, so I guess he wanted me to score."