Women Booters Tie; Men Fall

It's been two regulation games and four overtime periods and the Harvard women's soccer team has yet to make a mark in its victory column for 1982.

Last year's Ivy champs continue to have difficulty putting the ball in the net. They outshot the Springfield College team, 37-16, yesterday afternoon at the Business School field, but came up with only a 1-1 double-overtime tie to show for their efforts.

In a game reminiscent of Saturday's 2-1 double-overtime loss to Bowdoin, the Crimson outplayed, outhustled, and outmaneuvered its opponents--and walked away without a win.

Scallse Remains Calm

Coach Bob Scalise acknowledged after yesterday's contest that his team is struggling offensively, but he pointed out that scoring droughts are part of "the nature of the game."

"If we continue to play as we have in the past two games, the goals will come," Scalise predicted.

First Blood

Harvard's first non-penalty goal of the season came a third of the way through the first half, with the score deadlocked at 0-0.

Striker Kelly Landry stole the ball from Springfield fullback Wendy Marble and she broke down the soggy field. She faked a pass to her left and chipped the ball to striker Alicia Carillo, who alertly sent it to Laura Mayer who knocked it in from in front of the goal.

The Crimson's lead lasted only 15 minutes, as Springfield appeared on the scoreboard with 37:48 gone in the first half. Springfield Striker Sharon Kavanagh brought the ball over the midfield line, pulled up about 30 yards in front of the twines, and made a perfect shot that sailed just above Crimson Goalie Janet Judge's outstretched hands.

Frustration Abounds

From that point on, the game was characterized by the goals that weren't. Harvard dominated the second half and both overtime periods, taking more than 10 shots that missed by less than a foot each.

Late in the second half, Landry took a shot that came closer than anyone to breaking the downfield and Harvard's slump. After breaking downfield and evading two Springfield backs with a dazzling fake to the right, the sophomore shooting machine went one on one with Goalie Tara Healey.

The Springfield netminder lunged for the ball, slipping on the wet turf, allowing Landry to five a bullet in the direction of the open goal. The ball hit the left post and meandered slowly along the goal line, seemingly too lazy to cross the white stripe.

While the offense was doing everything but scoring, the defense did a superb job. Tri-Captains Kelly Gately and Jeanne Piersak, along with fullback Debbie Field, consistently cleared the ball away from the Crimson net.

The squad will try to shake the scoring blues Saturday afternoon, when Vermont pays a visit to Cambridge.