"It was the first time I've really been tested, and it was great to get that experience," Zacarian said. "It's just going to help you for the next game and the next team you face."
Although not challenged significantly in overtime, Zacarian registered 14 saves, including a spectacular game-saving stop late in the second half to force overtime.
"With about 25 seconds left, she lifted the ball 9 or 10 feet in the air towards the top right-hand corner," Zacarian said. "I just leaped and redirected the ball over the cage. It looked really funny but it works really well."
After falling down 2-0 early in the first half, the Crimson rallied with a pair of goals just before halftime.
Freshman forward Kate McDavitt scored her fourth goal of the season to bring the Crimson to within one before Turck tied the game, 2-2, with 4:05 remaining in the half.
"Katie's goal was extremely important," Zacarian said. "In the first five minutes of the game, Penn had a lot of shots, but then we settled down and controlled the rest of the first half, playing our own game."
McDavitt has made a quick start to her rookie campaign, picking up an assist in her first collegiate game before netting a hat trick in Harvard's 6-2 win over Rhode Island last Sunday, earning her Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors.
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