Less than a minute later, however, another penalty corner almost went disastrously wrong for the Crimson.
Missing the inbound pass, Harvard turned the ball over and the Bears drove down the field lead by junior forward Tara Mounsey.
Mounsey, Ivy League player of the week twice this season, leads the Ivy in scoring with 19 goals and 10 assists for 48 points and was a thorn in the Crimson's side all day long.
Taking the ball to within yards of the goal, Mounsey made a near perfect crossing pass to sophomore forward Hyun-Joo Park, flipping the ball over the sticks of a pair of Crimson defenders.
As she would all day, tri-captain netminder Anya Cowan made a spectacular save, coming out to challenge Park and cutting down the angle.
Buoyed by Cowan's play in net, Harvard struck back, scoring their second goal in under ten minutes.
Off a free shot from Badawy, junior forward Kate Nagle ticked a slow shot past a motionless Brown goaltender, who just stood there like a deer in the headlights.
However, Harvard would need all the breaks that it could get Saturday, because the Bears would come roaring back.
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