Before this weekend, the last time Penn captain Henry Chen and the Quakers won an Ivy League contest was on Sept. 13, 1997. Chen was a freshman defender making his collegiate debut, and he could not have imagined a more perfect scenario than shutting out Harvard, 1-0.

"It was a great feeling, and I have been holding on to that as motivation to get more Ivy League wins," Chen said.

Three years, 27 games and one coach later, the Quakers (6-10-1, 1-5-1 Ivy) finally re-captured that winning feeling as they toppled free-falling Harvard (7-9-1, 1-6), 2-1, in both teams' season finale. With the loss, the Crimson completed its season with its sixth consecutive loss and a last-place finish in the Ivy League.

Crimson freshman midfielder Ladd Fritz was the only Harvard player to tally a goal.

Penn freshman Louis Lazar jumpstarted the Quaker attack with a textbook goal at the 27:31 mark of the first half. After receiving a feed from midfielder Alex Maasry, Lazar blasted a shot past Crimson goalkeeper Dan Mejias from just outside the 18-yard box.

Lazar's goal was his first of the season and could not have come at a better time for a Penn squad that had been shut out in three of its previous four games.

While Penn had the better of play for much of the first half, Harvard quickly raised its own level of play in the second half. With momentum clearly belonging to the Crimson, Fritz beat Quaker keeper Jeff Groeber with the equalizing tally in the 63rd minute.

"During the second half we started to play the way we like to," said Harvard freshman back Isaac Kim. "We were knocking the ball around and had a lot of clear-cut breakaways."