Five minutes later, forward Jenny Shelton added an insurance goal for Wake Forest. Then Doton finished off a hat trick with eight minutes left to put the game out of reach.

"I think that when we were able to settle down and recognize our play, we controlled and dominated the game," Wake Forest Coach Jennifer Averill said. "I want to give credit to Harvard for coming back against some adverse situations. They really took advantage of our team when we weren't organized."

Every time Wake Forest took the lead early in the game, the Harvard offense responded. The team was pleasantly surprised that it was able to match one of the nation's best teams in a goal-by-goal fight.

"Each time they scored, we got fired up, and every time we scored we were a little incredulous and we let up," Sarles said. "That's why there was that pattern with them scoring and then us scoring."

The Crimson took advantage of what few penalty corners it had to stay in the game as long as it did. Harvard only had three corners on the day, while Wake Forest had eight.

"We knew we wouldn't get many chances against a team like Wake Forest, so we practiced our penalty corners a lot," Sarles said. "It was great to score on two of our three corners. We spent about half our practice working on them."

Junior back Katie Turck tallied the first Crimson goal eight minutes after the Demon Deacons had taken the initial lead. Turck, who always passes the ball in from the end line on the penalty corners, rushed the net after Sarles' initial shot and scored by driving in a ball that had been resting by the Wake Forest keeper's pads.