Women's Soccer Tripped Up At Harvard

Women's soccer was defeated 0-3 in its road match against the Harvard Crimson on Tuesday. After conceding three scores in the first half, the Blue Devils held Harvard to a scoreless second.

GAME INFORMATION

FINAL SCORE CCSU 0 Harvard 3

RECORDS CCSU (9-5-0, 6-2 NEC) Harvard (10-1-1, 3-1-0 Ivy League)

SITE: Cambridge, MA

KEY MOMENTS

• It did not take Harvard long to get on the board on Tuesday. The Crimson got a good looking ball from a cross that was tapped into the goal for the first score at 3:51.
• The Crimson kept firing shots at Amanda McQuillan after this and connected again 10 minutes later on a sliding shot.
• After Harvard was called for an offside, they were able to get the ball back again in good territory and score once more on a short shot, going ip 3-0 within the first 20 minutes of the match.
• The Blue Devils began attacking Harvard's keeper more after this third score. Kristina Kelly sent three shots towards the goal in the final 25 minutes of the first, but was unable to connect on any of them.
• The Blue Devils took three shots within the first 10 minutes of the second period, but were unable to get good looks on offense after this. 
• After making five saves in the first half, McQuillan stopped three more Crimson shots in the second.

NOTES

• Harvard deployed three different goals in the match.
• This is the Blue Devils second-to-last out of conference game this season. They face off against Yale, another Ivy League opponent, on October 26.
• Today was Erica Bardes' 81st appearance with the Blue Devils. With a start or appearance in Sunday's match against Wagner, she would tie the all-time appearance record for CCSU (82).
• The Blue Devils only forced one save from Harvard's keeper. The one shot on goal is the lowest total from CCSU this season.

UP NEXT...

The Blue Devils will be back on the field this Sunday to host the Wagner Seahawks.