With a full roster, the Crimson was a spectacular 14-0-1 in the regular season and trailed in only one contest during that span--for only 30 minutes of game time. Harvard's only loss of the season came against New Hampshire on September 15, and was marked by the absence of all of the team's freshmen, who, due to Harvard University policy, were not allowed to leave campus during orientation week.
As a result, the freshmen had never faced much adversity, let alone defeat going into the most important match of their collegiate careers.
Freshman goalkeeper Cheryl Gunther, who had the second lowest goals against average in the nation through the regular season, was unable to stop a laser shot on goal by Guarino with just one minute left in the first half as Boston College earned a 1-0 lead going into halftime.
Although it trailed at the half, the Crimson remained confident going into the final 45 minutes, as it had outplayed the Eagles up to that point.
"That goal made us a little bit angry," Wheaton said. "We felt that we had the ability to score, and in the second half we thought that it would come for us."
Yet as the time left in the match slowly dwindled down, the Crimson's attack became more and more frantic and unorganized. The Eagles kept their midfield back for most of the second half, often frustrating the young Crimson front line with 7 or 8 defenders as it attempted to equalize.
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