Dartmouth Halts Late Crimson Charge, Overcomes Booters in 3-2 Ivy Battle'

With five seconds remaining and Dartmouth leading, 3-2, in Saturday's soccer match, a Harvard corner kick hooked towards the goal area.

The ball descended into a sea of 21 players, bounced around, rolled towards the goal and time ran out.

The Crimson had come within inches of changing its recent fortunes after applying constant pressure in the last five minutes of the game.

But the team was unable to cash in on its chances. And that was the story of the game.

Both teams fought back from deficits all afternoon and in the end the only difference between their scores was a penalty shot. "We played very aggressive, we deserved a tie," Coach George Ford said after the game. "The penalty was a bloody call."

"A couple of missed opportunities in the first half hurt us," goalie Fred Herold said.

Clockwork Orange

Harvard opened the scoring at 18:45 on a clockwork goal which was met with shouts of "It's about time," from the Crimson bench. Lee Nelson took the ball from midfield and traded passes with Dave Acorn leaving him one-on-one with Dartmouth goalie Lyman Missimer.

But less than a minute later, the Big Green's Charlie Krupanski evened the score with an assist from Doug Ireland.

Dartmouth coach Tom Griffith inserted his young second line of freshmen John Godoy and Steve Brooks, sophomore Steve Jonas and senior Bruce Hutchinson, which kept Harvard on the defensive. Brooks finished off a pretty play at 31:19 and Harvard suddenly found itself trailing 2-1.

Brooks was on the garbage end of a Jonas 40-yd. direct kick and a Tom Ryan head ball from the left of the net.

With four minutes in the half, Kevin Jiggetts moved down right wing from his fullback position initiating a four-minute Crimson offensive. But, as would happen again in the second half, Harvard was unable to penetrate the Big Green back line.

Penalty

After intermission, there was a lot of action between 20 yard lines. Then at 31:00, George Grassby tripped Dartmouth's Roman Lipp attempting a sliding tackle and Dartmouth was awarded a penalty shot.

Ford said after the game that the trip was accidental and a free shot should not have been allowed. "It was a harsh call; he [the official] did not make it right away," he said. Nevertheless, Jonas calmly blasted the penalty kick home, putting Dartmouth ahead, 3-1.

This time Harvard came right back. Chris Saunders put his head to a Bob Carey chip over the pulled-up Dartmouth fullbacks. This set the stage for a fourminute round of Harvard's student-body-up-front offense, but time ran out.

Ford praised his fullbacks who contributed to the offense and also backed up Herold in several tight situations.

Herold said, "We had spunk today. We're not going to lose any more." Harvard (1-2 Ivy, 2-4 overall) goes after win number three on Wednesday against Boston University.