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W. Soccer Sweeps UAB, TCU to Start Season

Less than a minute later, co-captain Beth Zotter added her first score of the season to give Harvard a 3-0 lead. Weed and Blaine assisted on the goal.

Weed and Larson each added unassisted goals of their own for the Crimson before the half. Weed chipped in a rebound off of the crossbar to net her second goal of the weekend. Larson then scored the first goal of her collegiate career to give Harvard a 5-0 lead at the intermission.

Totman got Harvard going after the break, taking a Larson pass and scoring six minutes into the second half to increase the Crimson lead to six.

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UAB finally got on the board when Denise Peters scored an unassisted breakaway goal to cut the lead to 6-1.

With the game all but decided, Harvard added one more score as sophomore midfielder Robin Lockwood scored her first goal of the season, netting a high chip shot. Sophomore Meghan O'Brien and freshman defender Katie Urbanic assisted.

In goal, Gunther had her second solid start in as many games as she saved three shots in 77 minutes of action.

Harvard 3, TCU 1

With the losses of Browning and the Class of 1999 stars--Emily Stauffer, Naomi Miller, Jaime Chu and Devon Bingham--the Crimson entered its first game of the season with many question marks.

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