However, that's where the fun stopped for the Crimson, Chu, who was playing a solid game, collided knee-on-knee with a Lion forward. She had to be helped off the field and was scheduled for further evaluation last night.
"I cleared the ball, and my knee just opened up," Chu said.
Whether it was the weather, which turned to a strong mixture of wind and rain after the injury, or Columbia's disruptive style, things went downhill for the Crimson over the last half hour.
The team yielded the goal and it engaged in a very physical, sloppy ball possession game with the Lions. It also failed to convert on a breakaway with five minutes left, but when you've outscored your opponents by three touchdowns after five games, you can overlook such things once in a while.
"We got a little defensive, and there may have been some confusion," Noonan said. "But now we've taken the pressure off of our shutout."
Harvard will have enough pressure to deal with tomorrow when it clashes with Monmouth (6-0-0) at 2 p.m. in the final game of the Harvard Invitational. The Hawks take on the Eagles of Boston College (3-2-1) in a match-up this morning at 11.
Monmouth carries with it an 11-game winning streak, the longest among NCAA Division I schools, and they look on paper to give the Crimson its first real test of the 1995 campaign. The Hawks possess a high-powered offense, with the country's fifth-leading scorer in junior Christie Pearce (8 goals, 6 assists).
The team as a whole averages eight goals a game, but little else is known about the school from West Long Branch, N.J.
"I had never heard of them," Stauffer said. "But we have to take them very seriously and come out ready to play. Hopefully, we'll start another shutout streak." Searing Har--Stauffer 4 (DeLellis) 13:25. Har--Bingham 2 (Stauffer) 39:10. Har--Miller 5 (Marynick) 40:22. Har--Bowes 1 (DeLellis, Tenser) 56:40. Col--Sellner 2 (Forde, Cunnane) 70:32. Serves Har--Burney 1; Col--Jones 15.