Harvard took an early 2-0 lead in the match, but the Seahawks stormed back to tie the game at two heading into halftime.
Wagner held a 4-3 lead late in the fourth quarter, but with seven seconds remaining, the Crimson scored to bring the score even at four.
The Seahawks weren’t content to settle for overtime as they immediately called a timeout to draw up a final play. Out of the timeout, the pass found its way into the hands of a Wagner player just outside the cage and she wheeled around and converted on the shot attempt, giving the Seahawks a 5-4 victory.
“They set up a double post, and they put two girls in front of the cage,” Teresa Codini said. “They passed it into one of the girls at the two-meter and she got a good shot off at the buzzer and scored.”
GEORGE WASHINGTON 7, HARVARD 6
Trailing 6-4 with just 50 seconds left, Harvard stunned fifth-seeded George Washington (15-9) by scoring two goals in the waning moments to knot the game at six and force overtime.
But the Crimson could not capitalize on the momentum heading into the first overtime period as neither side mustered anything offensively.
The same result appeared to be inevitable in the second, before the Colonials’ Vanessa Fravel scored with just three seconds left.
Harvard wasn’t finished, as sophomore goaltender Lydia Gardner heaved the ball toward the George Washington goal and Anderson tried to redirect it past the goal line. The Crimson’s desperation effort, however, came up just short.
“We were all in the center of the cage,” Teresa Codini said. “We were trying to redirect the ball, but it hit the post and didn’t go into the net.”
Harvard opened up the match with two quick goals. After George Washington responded to cut the Crimson advantage to one, Harvard put up two more goals to grab a 4-1 lead.
The Colonials’ Elizabeth Davis scored before halftime to cut the Crimson’s lead to two heading into the break.
Harvard’s offense went dormant in the second half, while George Washington chipped further into the Crimson lead with a goal in the third quarter. The Colonials added three more unanswered goals in the fourth quarter—the final one coming with just under a minute remaining in regulation—to grab a two goal lead before Harvard rallied to tie.
CAL BAPTIST 6, HARVARD 5
After pulling to within one on a goal by junior utility Cristina Codini with 1:22 to play, the Crimson got the ball back with a chance to tie the game.
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