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W. Soccer Sweeps UAB, TCU to Start Season

But with solid play from an impressive freshman class, Harvard overpowered the Horned Frogs, winning its first game of the season, 3-1. The Crimson dominated the match throughout as it outshot TCU 12-3.

After 28 minutes of scoreless soccer, Blain netted the Crimson's first goal of the season, taking a feed from midfield and beating her defender to the net. Weed and Totman assisted on the play to earn the first points of their young Harvard careers.

The Crimson kept the pressure on the Horned Frogs throughout the first half, but TCU battled to keep the score 1-0 going into the half.

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The second half was more of the same for Harvard, as it was unable to increase its lead with an insurance goal until the 71st minute.

Weed ripped a shot from the left-hand corner of the box to net her first Harvard goal. Freshman Orly Ripmaster and Zotter tallied assists on the play.

Less than a minute later, the Crimson struck again as Totman nailed her first collegiate goal off of a Yenne pass to give Harvard a commanding three-goal lead with under 20 minutes to play.

Gunther, making the first start of her Harvard career, left the game in the 82nd minute with Harvard leading 3-0.

Sophomore goaltender Robyn Scatena, who played the final eight minutes of the game, gave up TCU's lone goal in the 84th minute for the final 3-1 score.

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