It was a tale of two halves for the Crimson. Harvard’s defense stepped up after allowing an early goal, with Kanten recording two saves.

“We really were defending well in the second half, after being late to everything in the first half,” Leone said.

The Crimson offense out-shot the Bulldogs in the second half, 8-4, while putting home the lone goal.

“The front line was creating havoc,” said Leone, who also credited junior midfielder Aisha Price for keeping the pressure on with her dangerous long throw-ins.

Both teams had chances to go ahead late in regulation. Following Baskind’s equalizer, freshman midfielder Meg Casscells-Hamby had two shots on net and was twice denied by Jackson-Gibson. Yale threatened with a dangerous corner kick in the final minute, followed by a Harvard counterattack in the final 30 seconds.

“It was just an amazing battle in the second half,” Leone said. “It was a game of inches.”

The winning goal was the club’s first penalty kick of the year and Johnson’s second goal in her sophomore campaign.

Baskind, who scored her fifth goal of the season, ties Penn’s Marin McDermott for tops in the Ivy League. She also leads the league with 16 points on the year.

But she is the last to accept credit for the team’s success.

“It really takes a ton of heart and every player on the team to win a game like that,” Baskind said. “It was a great team effort.”