Boosters Stop Springfield With Second-Half Burst

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-The game had all the elements of a motion picture set. Benedum Field came equipped with the lights, and both squads provided their own video cameras.

And Harvard gave a strong show of solid control for the silenced the partisan crowd of 200 here last night en route to a 4-2 victory.

Powered by Academy Award winning performances by freshmen Kelly Landry, Alicia Carrillo and Jenny Greeley, the Crimson tallied two unanswered goals in the second half to upstage the Chiefs.

Just 2:17 into the second stanza, with the score knotted at two, Landry headed home a Kelly Gately crossing pass in a set corner kick play for the go-ahead goal.

"We set the play up during halftime," said coach Bob Scalise, adding, "We noticed that they had two fullbacks inside the posts which meant that two of our players were unmarked."

Scalise took advantage of Springfield's tight coverage of Carrillo, who was positioned for a short corner at the close corner of the penalty area. According to the plan, Carrillo crossed along the 18-yd. line, drawing her defender with her and freeing the area for the charging Gately.

The former foward lofted a perfect ball into the middle, where Landry knocked in her second goal of the game and her fourth of the season.

Fellow striker and Yardling Carrillo added two goals of her own (the first of her young Harvard career) including the go-ahead goal with the score tied at one late in the first half.

Standout halfback Greeley, who played with Carrillo at Wellesley High School, setup her former teammate's first goal after intercepting a Springfield pass.

Greeley, who dominated her side of the field with her superior anticipation and trapping skills, rifled a blast that bounded off the Chief goalie to the waiting Carrillo.

The triumph, the booters' second without a loss, was particularly sweet because the squad overcame an early deficit and the surprises of astroturf.

Although the squad practiced Thursday morning on the astroturf at B.U., Springfield's artificial surface caused some problems for the ball-control oriented Crimson. While the booters adjusted to the wildly skidding balls and lack of friction on the carpet, the kick-and-run Chiefs jumped out to a short-lived 1-0 lead.