Brynteson Blazes; Booters Bop Brown

Boosted by a Julie Brynteson hat trick, the Harvard women's soccer team soared over Brown, 4-2, yesterday in the first round of the Eastern Championships in Providence, R.I.

The Crimson booters take on the University of Massachusetts today at 11:30 a.m. The Minutemen rolled past the University of Connecticut, 4-1, yesterday.

The other second round match features Cortland State, which dumped Penn State, 3-0, and St. John Fisher, which squeaked by the University of Vermont, 3-2, in a sudden-death overtime upset.

After having lost to Harvard in the teams' past four encounters--including last week in the finals of the Ivy League tournament--the Bruins were eager to seek revenge.

"Brown did anything a team could possibly do to get a home field win," Crimson coach Bob Scalise said after the game. "They had a band playing so loud you couldn't hear yourself think."

This strategy appeared to pay off as Brown leaped to a 2-1 lead at the half on goals by Francine Fusco at 19:26 and Debbie Ching at 39:38. The sole Harvard tally came at 7:25 when tri-captain and Ivy League women athlete of the week, Julie Brynteson, drilled a penalty kick past Bruin goalie Priscilla Duffy.

But talent, not psych, wins soccer games; and after Scalise made a few adjustments during halftime--which included shifting the defense and putting in as fullback tri-captain Stefi Baum, who had missed the second half of the season due to injuries--Brown's delusions of grandeur were dashed.

Wrong Way

Brynteson cut down the Bruins early in the second half when she placed an indirect kick from 20 'yards out into the net at 8:46. Five minutes later, Brynteson booted the ball in for what appeared to be the go-ahead goal, but the play was called offsides.

Frustrated, the Crimson continued to press and finally, with less than five minutes left in regular play, halfback Sara Fischer emerged triumphantly from a melee in front of the net to put Harvard in front.

As the Brown band probably began to play a dirge, the Crimson gave new mcaning to the saying "kick then when they're down" when Brynteson completed her at trick with 21 seconds left.