As host of the fourth annual Harvard Invitational tournament, the Harvard women's soccer team could have been gracious this weekend.

The Crimson decided instead to score seven goals in two games at Ohiri Field and capture the tournament title, sending Cornell, Northeastern and George Mason home bitter and unfulfilled. NORTHEASTERN  0 HARVARD  5 GEORGE MASON  1 HARVARD  2

Harvard (8-2-1, 4-0 Ivy) exploded for five goals against Northeastern (2-11-1) on Friday to crush the Huskies, 5-0. The Crimson then dominated George Mason (10-5, 4-2 Colonial Athletic) yesterday, recovering from an early deficit with two second-half goals for a 2-1 victory.

"We've been working on this," said Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton. "We've been working on scoring goals, and we felt like we needed a game to get a bunch of goals in. And they were sweet goals, they were nice."

Five different Harvard players scored in the tournament, and seven Crimson players registered assists. Co-Captain Emily Stauffer led the way for the Crimson with two goals and two assists, and she was named to the All-Tournament team.

Senior forward Naomi Miller registered two goals and one assist on the weekend, including the game-winner against George Mason. Junior midfielder Ashley Berman and sophomore midfielder Meredith Stewart each tallied a goal and an assist as the Crimson ran its unbeaten streak to eight games.

Harvard 5, Northeastern 0

A Harvard offense that has struggled to capitalize on its many scoring opportunities this season finally opened the floodgates against Northeastern.

The grossly overmatched Huskies mounted little opposition to the Crimson's attack. Harvard controlled the ball, and the match, the entire afternoon thanks in part to a key coaching decision by Wheaton.

About 17 minutes into the game, Wheaton moved Berman into the center-midfielder position normally occupied by Stauffer and put Stauffer on the outside to open up space for her. The move paid immediate dividends, and Harvard's scoring barrage began in the 18th minute.

Stauffer started the play by schooling two Northeastern defenders with a series of left-to-right moves that left the Huskies befuddled. Stauffer dribbled into the box and sent a cross to the center of the net where Berman and Miller both lay in waiting.

Berman touched the ball to Miller who came sliding in and pushed the ball into thegoal as Northeastern goalkeeper Cindy Cochrancharged her and landed on top of her.

"It finally fell for us," Miller said. "Wereally picked it up and put the ball in the backof the net."

Less than five minutes after Miller's tally,the Crimson struck again. Senior back AshleyMarynick sent a corner kick into the box where itwas knocked around by several players.

The ball came off Miller's head to juniorforward Beth Zotter past the far post. Zotterbacked down her defender and sent a shot on goalwith the back of her foot, giving Harvard a 2-0advantage.

The Crimson was obviously in the zone, becausethe scoring did not end there. In the 26th minute,freshman midfielder Jenine Ghani sent a nice ballup the right sideline where Stauffer chased itdown.

The All-American did her thing once again,beating one defender and rushing toward the net.Stauffer waited for Cochran to charge and thenbeat the goal-keeper low to the far post.