It was dramatic.
It was breathtaking.
It was field hockey.
With eight seconds remaining in overtime, junior Katie Turck knocked in a rebound to lift Harvard over Penn, 3-2.
"Unbelievable," said freshman goaltender Katie Zacarian. "It was exhilarating and just a great sense of relief to finally score."
The Crimson (4-0, 1-0 Ivy) dominated the overtime period, outshooting the Quakers, 9-1, but could not put a shot past freshman goaltender Carrie Wilhelm until the dying seconds.
"It's not that we necessarily played better in overtime," Zacarian said. "It's just that when you go down from 11 to seven players on the field in overtime, you're able to play a possession game. We played smart and took control with great positioning."
At the other end of the field, Zacarian was equally impressive, doubling her save total for the season in the first real test of her young career.
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