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...instead of fourth-and-inches, Harvard faced fourth and five at Princeton's 35-yard line. Rose dropped back to pass in the face of an intense Tigers blitz. That blitz, which buried Rose under three Princeton defenders, also left Stakich uncovered at the 25-yard line. Rose got the pass to his tight-end off just before the Tiger pass-rushers got to him. Stakich, with the help of some good downfield blocking from the wideouts, took the pass all the way for a touchdown...
...unfortunately for the Crimson, a critical error on penalty corner coverage in the 25th minute gave Princeton the early lead. Harvard (9-4, 4-1 Ivy) left All-American Tiger forward Hillary Matson wide open to drive in the rebound off the initial hit. Princeton (9-3, 5-0 Ivy) never relinquished its lead, winning by a final score...
Soon after Harvard's first penalty corner, McDavitt made a rush to the net that ended with her colliding into Tiger keeper Kelly Baril--her second goalkeeper collision in as many games. Twenty minutes into the contest, she split two defenders and made her way to the circle before being taken down, earning Harvard's third corner...
Five minutes later, co-captain Maisa Badawy intercepted a Tiger pass in the Harvard end and passed up to McDavitt on the counterattack. The ball found its way to junior forward Eliza Dick and senior forward Kate Nagle, who nearly succeeded in passing the ball around Baril, but they were unable to connect and the ball went across the open...
After thirty minutes of rough play that saw both sides struggle on the dew-slicked field, Tiger freshman midfielder Gianfranco Tripicchio broke the game open...