"We were obviously excited to score a lot ofgoals; it's something we haven't done all season,"Stauffer said. "Lots of times when you playagainst a team that's not as good as you, you tendto play down to their level. I thought we did agood job keeping our intensity up."

The score remained 3-0 until halftime, and withthe game well in hand, Harvard saved its mostattractive goals for the second half. The firstcame at the 57:20 mark courtesy of Berman.

The Portland, Or. native controlled the ballnear midfield and began her run at the net asWheaton yelled, "Have it, Ash Berman." She obligedher coach and fired a shot over Cochran to the farpost from 25 yards out to the upper corner of thenet.

Stewart, however, would not be out-done. In the82nd minute of play, Stewart sent a direct kickfrom just outside the 18-yard box over a wall ofNortheastern defenders. The ball curled back outand made its way inside the near post forHarvard's final tally.

"I think one of our problems has been thatwe've had lots of opportunities, but we haven'tbeen able to put many of them away early," Bermansaid. "After [Miller] scored, I think it gave therest of us a lot confidence."

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.