Finally, in the 80th minute, Harvard brokethrough the Penn defense a second time. A prettyseries of passes between junior ArmandoPetruccelli and freshman Marko Soldo yielded ahard shot by Soldo that was barely tipped byO'Connor. But sophomore Matt Edwards was rightthere to put in the rebound as the Crimsoncelebrated a 2-0 lead.
Concerned with his team's play when nursing alead, Locker did all he could to keep up theintensity as he constantly rotated in fresh legsdown the stretch. Ultimately the strategy paid off, and Harvard outlasted the frustrated Quakers.
One of the high points of the day was theclutch goalkeeping of Dupuis. He made eight saveson the day compared to O'Connor's three.
"Jordan played a great game," Locker said. "Hemade two incredible saves that surely would'vebeen goals otherwise."
Harvard resumes its quest for an Ivy title onSaturday when it battles Cornell at Ohiri Field.
HARVARD, 2-0 at Rhodes Field, Philadelphia,Pa.
Harvard 1 1 -- 2Penn 0 0 -- 0
Scoring
Har--Lenichek (Cantagallo) 29:12.
Har--Edwards (Soldo) 79:54.
Saves: Har--Dupuis 8; Pen--O'Connor 3.