There wasn't going to be any last-minute letdown for the Harvard women's soccer team on November 4, 1995.

Exactly 364 days after Harvard's tragic 3-3 tie against Brown, the Crimson had a chance for revenge. And what a sweet feeling it was for the squad, as it handed Brown a 1-0 defeat down in Providence, R.I., to capture its first Ivy League title since 1981.

The extra motivation for reaching that moment was the Brown game in 1994. The Crimson, which needed a win to claim the league crown, held a 3-1 in the second half only to see the Bears storm back to tie the game with under 10 minutes left and win the Ancient Eight crown outright.

Ever since then, the only thing on the Harvard players' minds was to get back to a title game and make sure that history didn't repeat itself.

And that Harvard did, cruising through the first six games of Ivy League season, the exception being a scoreless tie at Cornell on September 30.

Then came the Brown contest. Co-captain Sara Noonan put the Crimson ahead 21:02 into the game, as she took sophomore Emily Stauffer's pass off a direct kick and scooted the ball past through the Bear defense into the mesh.

As the second-half clock ticked down, Harvard's defense only got stronger and stronger. History wasn't going to repeat itself, and the title was the Crimson's.

"We were playing for something, and when you're playing for something, it's a lot easier to get yourself motivated," Harvard coach Tim Wheaton said. "We worked all season for those last 45 minutes."

It was a stellar campaign for the Crimson (14-2-1, 6-0-1 Ivy). The offense was astounding, scoring 62 goals in 17 games.

But the defense was even better, as the team allowed only 12 tallies against while pitching nine shutouts. In fact, Harvard blanked the opposition for the first four-and-a-half games before Columbia broke the spell in the Crimson's 4-1 victory in the Ivy opener on September 22.

In addition, Harvard not only won the Ivy League trophy, but its players also cleaned up in the awards department. Stauffer, a first-team All American, won Player of the Year honors for her 13-goal, nine-assist season.

Freshman forward Naomi Miller--the Ancient Eight's second-leading scorer--was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year, while defenders Noonan and freshman Jaime Chu also landed First-Team All Ivy honors.

"Our freshman class was just outstanding and made their impact from the beginning," Stauffer said. "The other players were also one year more experienced."

Sophomore forward Keren Gudeman and freshman goalie Jen Burney earned Second Team All-Ivy honors, while All-Ivy Honorable Mention citations went out to co-captain Susie DeLellis and juniors Meg Kassakian and Dana Tenser. In all, nine Harvard players took home some Ivy hardware.

"Having nine of 11 starters recognized is just great," Harvard coach Tim Wheaton said. "[The voters] recognized that what we did was a team effort."