In the second half, Princeton earned five corners while allowing none. The Tigers kept Harvard from maintaining any consistent pressure throughout the half, but the Crimson still had its share of scoring opportunities.

After the second corner of the half, Harvard nearly came up with a winning counterattack. Freshman keeper Katie Zacarian, who had a streak of three consecutive shutouts before Saturday, kicked the ball out to senior midfielder Liz Sarles, who passed ahead to junior forward Jane Park streaking down the right sideline.

Park had open field in front of her, but the play was too slow to develop, and the defense caught her from behind and took her down. The officials held their whistles, and the scoring chance went for naught.

Halfway through the second stanza, sophomore forward Philomena Gambale and McDavitt unleashed shots on Baril in rapid succession, but Baril made a pair of kick saves to end the threat.

Five minutes later, co-captain Maisa Badawy intercepted a Tiger pass in the Harvard end and passed up to McDavitt on the counterattack. The ball found its way to junior forward Eliza Dick and senior forward Kate Nagle, who nearly succeeded in passing the ball around Baril, but they were unable to connect and the ball went across the open net.

"We created some good opportunities," Caples said. "We got a little tight in there, and we just couldn't pull the trigger."

With nine minutes remaining, Harvard called a timeout. Desperate for the game-tying goal, the Crimson added an extra forward and moved sophomore Katie Scott out of the backfield.