Totman received a throw-in from Zotter on Columbia's half of the field and dribbled the ball into the box where she was taken down by a Lion defender. A foul was called on the play, and Harvard was awarded a penalty kick.

Berman then calmly stepped up to the line and booted the ball past Ahearn into the lower left corner of the goal to give the Crimson a 1-0 lead.

Then after 10 minutes of fairly even play, Harvard struck again. Stewart took a restart and fired it to Totman, who then lofted the ball over the defense where Blain was waiting to head it in and give the Crimson a 2-0 lead.

"It was a free kick and Stewart took it," Blain said. "They were lined up and Totman just took it right over them and I just ran behind the defense and headed it in."

Columbia struck back just 30 seconds later. Stephanie Smith--a freshman forward for the Lions--took a rebound off of a Harvard defender and sent it past freshman goaltender Cheryl Gunther to cut the lead to 2-1.

"It's always hard to not go on the defensive after you score, because you know that your opponent will come back very hard in the first five minutes after the goal," Zotter said. "I think that we might have fallen into that trap a little bit."

But despite that momentary lapse on defense, the Crimson was able to keep its composure. Columbia could generate very little on offense for the remainder of the contest, as Harvard held on for the 2-1 victory.

"This Ivy League win means so much to us, especially coming off of last year where we sort of had a disappointing end losing to Dartmouth," Zotter said. "Also last year we started off kind of shaky, having to go to overtime to win, so it was good that we could win this one in regulation."