The UConn attack had been keeping sophomore keeper Cheryl Gunther plenty busy. She was fortunate in the minutes before the fatal goal, as the Huskie forwards shot wide on their first few looks. At one point, she was forced to dive for a loose ball with two Huskie forwards barreling down on her.

As in Sunday's loss against Penn State, the Crimson had a number of scoring chances in the opening minutes, but then faded as the initial attacks failed to put points on the board.

On the best chance of the day, sophomore midfielder Amy Cooper sent sophomore midfielder Orly Ripmaster down the right sideline. Ripmaster let loose a beautiful cross from deep in the box that deserved to be put into the net.

Junior forward Colleen Moore was in position to head the ball home, but she just missed. As the ball bounced around in front, sophomore midfielder Katie Westfall had a second chance, but the ball changed directions on her and she sent it far over the net.

"I think that we gave up a goal early, and that took the wind out of our sails a little bit," Wheaton said. "But they're a good team. We had some chances I wish we could have finished but I'm not unhappy with how we played."

The second half began much better than the first ended for Harvard, as midfielder Meredith Stewart earned a free kick from just outside the 18--the kind of shot she had converted twice in the same game against Boston College earlier in the season.

But this time, Stewart's kick was deflected out of bounds by UConn. On the subsequent corner kick, the ball was headed to the right, wide of the goal.