With Columbia pushed up deep in Harvard's offensive third, Petruccelli got the ball in the middle of the field, turned and saw Kelly with open field on the left side.

Passing to Kelly, Petruccelli continued his run up the right side while Kelly dished off to Hench, who had remained forward with the Columbia defense. Hench found Petruccelli in the box for his first goal of the season.

The second half began with the Crimson again in control, but the Lions equalized in the 57th minute on a play of pure trickery.

While dribbling slowly up the right side, Columbia midfielder Josh Weinstein saw sophomore goalie Mike Meagher a few yards off his line. Looking as though he meant to cross the ball into the left side of the box, Weinstein slowed down and flicked a chip from 30 yards over Meagher's head and into the back of the goal.

Only three minutes later, however, Smolen sacrificed his health and his head to put the Crimson ahead for good.

After receiving an overlapping pass from Petruccelli, Peller again found himself ahead of his defender on the right side and served the ball into the penalty area. Smolen, moving through the box, stepped ahead of his defender and headed the ball low and hard into the net, then went down immediately.

The team jumped, but Smolen lay still, his head on the ground, for about 10 seconds.