Booters Cruise to Fifth Straight Win

Thanks to the Kelly Landry Scoring Machine, the Harvard women's soccer team cruised to its fifth straight victory in preparation for its first real test in a while--today's match-up against Boston College.

'The booters' latest victim was Cornell, which they pummeled, 6-0, Saturday morning on the soggy, slippery Business School field. The win upped the Crimson's record to 5-1-1, 2-0 in the Ivies.

Harvard began its relentless attack with just three minutes left in the first half. The earlier 42 minutes featured much slipping, sliding, and not much else.

But then Landry started her one-woman show.

Tri-captain Laura Mayer booted the ball to Landry, who was moving in front of the net. Landry easily ditched her defender and then placed the halt just out of the reach of Big Red netminder Jennifer Sharp.

"Kelly [Landry] is strong, she's quick, agile, and she knows how to play the game." Harvard Coach Bob Scalise said after the game. "She's a complete striker." Scalise then added with a twinkle in his eye. "Other than that she could use some work."

The 10-minute intermission between halves did nothing to slow down either the Crimson or Landry, who picked up right where she left off. With less than two minutes gone in the second stanza, the sophomore scoring sensation slammed the ball into the upper right hand corner of the net for her second tally.

Her next two goals came within ten minutes of each other the first on a header off a pass by fellow sophomore Alicia Carrillo, and the second an unassisted rocket that Sharp simply could not handle.

Although Landry and many of the starters were given a rest for the next half an hour, the scoring became contagious, and Mayer and Laura Stich each put the ball in the net to put the final score at 6-0.

The difference between the first half and the second was astounding. In the opening 45 minutes Harvard had difficulty maintaining offensive pressure and controlling the ball, while in the second half, the Cornell offense barely touched the ball. One factor was the gusty wind which blew into the Crimson booters faces in the first half and was at then backs in the second.

"The wind was certainly a factor." Scalise acknowledged. "But we played much more aggressively in the second half, and we more Cornell down. Once we got the momentum they fell apart Cornell certainly isn't a 6-0 team."

The win wraps up a five-game Harvard streak of games agents teams of lesser quality. So, when the Eagles travel at the Business School field this afternoon. Harvard will have its first challenge in awhile.

THE NOTE BOOK Scalise, who also catches men's lacrosse, makes good use of his springtime charges, meeting the lasmen to act as batboys, Saturday the due that combined for most of the lacrosse team's goals, sophomores Roh Hawley and Steve Bar ten fielder, worked the sidelines.