"We wanted to free up Emily Stauffer a littlebit, and I thought she had some good chancestoday," Wheaton said. "We wanted to put [Penn]under a lot of pressure as a team, and I think wedid that."
Despite its superior play, the Crimson couldnot find the back of the net, and a fluke goal bythe Quakers put Harvard in a second-half hole. Atthe 63:03 mark, Penn sent a corner kick sailinginto the Harvard box.
The ball was headed by a Penn player in frontof junior goalkeeper Anne Browning. Senior backJaime Chu attempted to head the ball clear of thebox, but the ball took a strange bounce off thedivot-filled ground and found it way into theHarvard net. It was ruled an own goal by Harvard.
If the Crimson was playing well before Penn'sgoal, it played superbly afterwards. As if newlyinspired, Harvard decided recess was over, andwithin 12 minutes, Moore and Miller had staked theCrimson to a permanent lead.
"We pretty much dominated the entire game, itjust wasn't going in," Miller said. "You knew itwas going to fall sometime, but you get a littlebit more anxious--you go after tackles a littleharder, you pick it up a little bit--after theyscore because you know, `I've got to get it donenow.' That sense of urgency helps boost you alittle bit more, and I thought it picked us up agood deal."
Harvard's defense looked formidable once again.The quarter of Marynick, Chu, sophomore LaurenCorkery and junior Jessica Larson held a quick andtalented Penn offense in check, while Browning hadanother solid outing in goal.
Penn's starting forwards--juniors KellianneToland and twin sisters Jill and AndreaCallaghan--had a combined 10 goals enteringSaturday's match, but they were effectively shutdown by the Crimson. Harvard outshot Penn 14-4 inthe game.
"There's nothing like being behind to get youon track and focused," Moore said. "Even though wehad dominated the entire way, once they got thatweird goal it was kind of like, `This is an IvyLeague game. We need to be in control. We want therings.'"
While the players provided the excitement onthe field, Penn Coach Patrick Baker provided thecomic relief from the sidelines. In the game's57th minute, a frustrated Baker angrily yelled atthe referee, "Hey, ref, are you blind and dumb?Why won't you talk to me?"
The referee, apparently not amused by Baker'scomment, signaled for a time stoppage. He calmlywalked over to the sideline and said to Baker,"The answer to your question is no." He thenissued Baker a yellow card.
HARVARD, 2-1 at Rhodes Field, Philadelphia,Pa.
Harvard 0 2 -- 2Penn 0< 1 -- 1
Scoring
Pen--Harvard own goal (unassisted) 63:03
Har--Moore (Zotter) 69:22
Har--Miller (unassisted) 74:35
Saves: Har--Browning 1; Penn--Kluetuchen4.