Though both teams were able to hold each other scoreless, they did not keep each other from attempting shots. The game was back-and-forth, shifting from end to end, and each team had ample opportunities to score.

While Cornell may have had the edge in quantity of shots taken, outshooting the Crimson 23-8 on the match, Harvard seemed to attempt more quality shots, coming very close on a few such tries.

But with the score knotted at 0-0, and a pattern of , "close, but no cigar," already established, it looked as though this fast-paced game of near goals and brilliant saves was going to end in a scoreless tie.

Such would prove not to be the case. At 59:42, Cornell midfielder Brett Mackechnie furiously dribbled down the left wing, and at the last available instant, lofted a centering pass toward waiting midfielder Oswaldo Rodriguez, who put it past Mejias for the game's first and most vital goal.

Cornell's goal was perhaps due to just the sheer probability, that after so many unsuccessful attempts, Cornell was bound to score.

"We both had our chances, they finished and we didn't," Lobach said.

Although a 1-0 lead is hardly insurmountable--though lately it has been for opponents of the Big Red--the effect of the goal on Harvard's confidence was far more debilitating.