"It's always tough when you dominate a game and don't score," Wheaton said. "When that happens you have a tendency to want to change things, but we just kept playing the same way."

"It's a little hard when you play well and don't score," Weed said. "But we knew it was just a matter of time."

Dartmouth went to the well too many times, however, as the Crimson finally got one past Luckenbill at the 14:54 mark of the first half.

Totman took a free kick from the right side of the field and dished off to Weed. Weed took control, saw an opening and ripped a shot headed right over Luckenbill's head. The Dartmouth goalkeeper managed to get both hands on the shot, but could not hold on, as the ball squirted out of her grasp and into the back of the net.

"It was a tough save to make," Wheaton said. "Bryce got the ball on a free kick and the change of direction made it difficult."

"The ball was just laid across for me on the free kick," Weed said. "I don't know if it was goalie error, I just kicked it really hard and it went through."

Harvard didn't let up on the Big Green with a goal in hand, however. Just a minute after Weed's goal the Crimson barely missed extending its lead to two goals. Yenne lofted a long pass to a streaking Totman down the left side of the field. Totman dribbled ahead of two defenders and ripped a shot past Luckenbill toward the right post. Totman's attempt, however, sailed just inches wide of the net.

Despite its many near-misses, Harvard took an all-important 1-0 lead into the half, forcing Dartmouth to play from behind for the final 45 minutes.