Women's Soccer Blasts Tufts; 3-1 Win Raises Record to 4-2

The Harvard women's soccer team continued to play its part in the renaissance of Harvard soccer, thrashing Tufts, 3-1, yesterday at the Business School Field.

The Crimson uncorked an incredible total of 45 shots, 27 in the first half, as it rolled to the victory.

Harvard's slick passing game and superior conditioning were perfectly suited to conditions at the B-School field, which is considerably larger and drier than the Crimson's usual home across the street.

"There was a lot of space on the bigger field, but partly we made our own space by beating Tufts to the ball," Coach Bob Scalise explained afterwards.

Freshman sensation Susan St. Louis once again paced the Crimson attack, netting one goal and firing several other near misses. St. Louis set up Harvard's first score at 15:20 of the first half, when her shot beat the Tufts goalkeeper and a desperate Tufts defender had to knock it away with her hands. Kathy Batter drilled home the ensuing penalty shot to give the Crimson a lead it never relinquished.

Frustration

St. Louis, frustrated by the sterling play of the Tufts net-minder in the first half, finally found the net at 13:27 of the second stanza with an unassisted breakaway goal that put Harvard ahead, 2-0.

The Crimson added a third tally when Sally Kingsberg chased a Jenny White pass deep into the corner, caught the Tufts goalie coming out to cut off the angle, and beat her to the near side with a nifty leftfooted shot.

Tufts spoiled the shutout at 41:40. Harvard goalie Pam Berry stopped a penalty shot but the referee spotted a Harvard player illegally inside the penalty circle. Tufts got another chance, and made no mistake the second time.

The women face a powerful Princeton squad Saturday morning at home.