By the 64:20 mark, all of the Crimson'sstarters were relaxing on the bench. Harvardoutshot Northeastern 25-7. Seniors Jen Burney andMeredith Bagley combined for the shutout in net,with Bagley making two key saves late in the gameto preserve the goose egg.

Friday's contest also saw the return of juniorGina Foster to Harvard's lineup. Foster, who hadnot played since suffering a sprained ankle versusYale on Sept. 19, came off the bench in the secondhalf and showed no ill effects, setting up severalscoring chances for the Crimson.

"[Foster] is such an incredible player,"Wheaton said. "There are not many players who canbe dominant players at both ends of the field, andshe can. Having her back is huge."

With Harvard leaving little doubt as to whowould win the match, most of the excitement camefrom the sidelines at the end of the first half.Wheaton was arguing with the referee in typicalfashion, and the ref ordered him to "sit down andbe quiet" for the remainder of the match, addingthat since Wheaton's team was ahead 3-0, he shouldnot complain.

Wheaton retorted that the score should notdictate the officiating of a game. The refereecalled for a time stoppage and issued Wheaton ayellow card. It was Wheaton's first card of theseason.

"He told me the score was 3-0, and I told himthat the score doesn't matter in how you call thegame," Wheaton said. "It was no big deal. I thinkit's a record; it's the longest I've ever made itin a season without getting a card."

As lopsided as the score was, it could havebeen worse. Miller had five excellent shots ongoal, including two breakaways, that were turnedback by Cochran. But Miller would earn herredemption just 48 hours later.

Harvard 2, George Mason 1

For the second consecutive year, Miller wasHarvard's savior against George Mason. The seniorscored the game-winning goal against the Patriotslast year in triple-overtime of the Crimson'ssecond-round match in the NCAA Tournament.

On a less dramatic stage, Miller offered areprise yesterday.

With the score knotted at 1-1 in the 84thminute, Stauffer controlled the ball at the top ofthe George Mason box and dropped it back to juniormidfielder Julia Blain. Blain sent a cross wide tothe right of the box that initially seemed errant.

It turned out to be nearly perfect as Millershowed on the right side behind her defender. Shecame sliding in as Patriots' goalkeeper JaimePagliarulo charged her, but Miller won the battleand sent the ball rolling by Pagliarulo into anunprotected net.

"It felt a lot better because it wasn't tripleovertime," Miller said. "After they scored, wewere pretty confident that we were going to get itback. We weren't too worried; we were getting ourchances, we just had to put them in."

Things did not look promising for the Crimsonin the first 10 minutes of the match. At 9:01George Mason junior midfielder Jaime Ricker sent across into the box over the outstretched arms ofHarvard junior goalkeeper Anne Browning. Patriots'freshman forward Katy Robertson stood at the farpost and headed the ball past Browning to giveGeorge Mason an early 1-0 lead.

After the Patriots' goal, however, Harvarddominated the rest of the first half. Led byStauffer, Miller, Berman and Blain, the Crimsonrelentlessly attacked the Patriots' net. Blain didan excellent job in relief of co-captain DevonBingham, who was suffering from the flu.