A basket from Cornell junior Lynell Davis brought the Big Red within one, and a rebound from a Peljto shot gave Cornell a shot at the win. Sophomore Karen Force was fouled and stood on the charity line with three seconds left and the potential game-winner before her. Force missed the first shot, but tied the game at 69 with the second. Force stole the ball back and made it to the foul line, but couldn’t put the ball back up before the period ended.

“We lost our cool a little bit and got lucky a few times,” Monti said. “They had a few chances to win in both overtimes.”

Cserny scored seven points in the second overtime as Harvard climbed to a 76-74 advantage, but Walas cut the lead to one with a free throw with 49 seconds to go as the Big Red took a time out.

Whatever was designed during the time out never saw time on the court, as Cserny took a charge against Walas and a foul sent Peljto to the free-throw line. Peljto made one of two, which turned out to be the game’s final point.

Stevens grabbed the rebound on Pejlto’s missed shot and brought the ball down for a final attempt. Ossai got a layup off, but to no avail, as the buzzer sounded and Harvard got away with the win.

“We felt like we were in great shape, especially when they had a chance to win with three seconds to go in the first overtime,” Monti said. “Someone said at one point, ‘We’ll play all night.’”

Though it took two overtimes and cost a couple fainting spells, the Crimson didn’t have to play all night to secure an Ivy title.