Taking it to the Terriers: Women Booters Win, 3-0

The Harvard women's soccer team gained a frustrating win at the expense of Boston University yesterday, 3-0, on Ohiri Field.

"We only had 19,000 shots on goal," said Harvard Coach Bob Scalise. "We generated enough opportunities to score 15 goals." The Crimson launched 40 shots yesterday: five hit the posts or the crossbar, 22 were stopped by Terrier goalies, three went in, and almost all of the other 10 were within a foot or two of the net, just high or just wide.

Harvard dominated the entire contest. B.U. had six shots on goal but failed to seriously challenge the Crimson's netminders all afternoon. "I'm pleased," Terrier Coach H.B. Evans said. "B.U. has never been noted for being anywhere in soccer and we played Harvard 3-0. We expected to get cremated but we held our own."

The game's opening minute was an omen of things to come. A long pass set up junior Kelly Landry on right wing. Landry made a nice move and a clear shot at the net from the top of the penalty box. She hit the crossbar.

Twenty minutes into the half, freshman Electa Sevier was tripped from behind in the penalty box, setting up a Crimson penalty shot. Landry, the squad's leading scorer, launched a strong shot to the lower left side of the goal, but Terrier netminder Michele Sneath made a diving save to deny Landry.

Three minutes later Sneath suffered a concussion when she was kicked in the head in a pileup. Her departure eased things for the Crimson booters.

Jennifer Greeley finally broke the ice with 3:46 left in the first half. Her 35-yard goal gave the Crimson a 4 percent (one for 23) shooting mark for the first period.

Landry added the second Crimson goal 10 minutes into the second half. Her score extended her remarkable goal-scoring streak to eight games and finished off the Terriers. Meave O'Marah knocked in the goal that gave Harvard its 3-0 final.

Harvard plays its biggest Ivy game of the year, Saturday in Providence. The Crimson has a 2-1 Ivy mark, Brown is undefeated. A win would do more than put the Crimson in good position for a share of the title, a victory might earn it an invitation to the NCAAs.

THE NOTEBOOK: Landry's goal gave her 10 for the season... Harvard was ranked 11th in the nation before its 3-2 OT win over number three UMass on Tuesday... Yesterday, besides the 40-6 shooting advantage, the Crimson has 18 corner kicks; B.U. had one