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Harvard Athletic Communications (GoCrimson.com)
0
Long Beach St. LBS (1-3-3, 0-0-0)
2
Winner Harvard HARV (5-0-0, 0-0-0)
Long Beach St. LBS
(1-3-3, 0-0-0)
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Final
2
Harvard HARV
(5-0-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Long Beach St. LBS 0 0 0
Harvard HARV 1 1 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

No. 20/22 Women's Soccer Defeats Long Beach State, 2-0

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's soccer (5-0, 0-0 Ivy) remained unbeaten on Thursday night when it defeated the Long Beach State Beach, 2-0 on Jordan Field. The Crimson got a pair of goals from Hannah Bebar, who extended her point streak to five games. The Crimson defense was stout in fron of goalkeepr Hannah Gardner (two saves), allowing the Beach to fire off only four shots in the full 90 minutes. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Crimson and the Beach battled to open the action, trading defensive stops until the Crimson was able to break the tie just 7' into the tilt. Ainsley Ahmadian and Hannah Bebar found a scoring connection once again, this time the other way around, as Bebar netted her second goal of the season off the cross from Ahmadian.
 
Harvard continued the offensive rush for the remainder of the first half. Bebar had another scoring chance at 14' and 27' and Taylor Fasnacht had another at 35'. At the end of the first half, the score would read 1-0 in favor of the Crimson.
 
Harvard's offensive rush kept coming to open up the second frame. Fasnacht had another good look on goal just 35 seconds into the half, but was turned aside. Ahmadian and Sophie Hirst put shots on net just a few minutes later, but once again the Beach fought off the Crimson attempts.
 
The Beach countered with an attack, finally putting two shots on goal early in the second half. Hannah Gardner made two great saves to preserve the lead for her squad.
 
Late in the second frame with the Beach looking to equalize, Harvard mounted an attack and pushed the ball into the offensive third. Hannah Griffin controlled possession in the far corner, eventually getting a pass over to Angela Caloia who found Bebar at the top of the 18, giving her enough space to deposit a shot in the bottom left corner of the net and put Harvard up two.
 
The clock wound down and showed Harvard earning another victory, this time over Long Beach State by a score of 2-0.

GAME NOTES

  • Harvard moves to 5-0-0 on the season for the first time since 1996
  • The Crimson has now shut out four teams in 2022
  • Hannah Bebar scored a pair of goals to increase her season total to three
  • This was the third multi-goal game of her career (Last vs. Dartmouth 10/30/21)
  • Bebar has recorded a point in every single game this season (five straight)
  • Ainsley Ahmadian extended her point streak to four games with an assist tonight
  • Angela Caloia also recorded an assist tonight and has recorded a point in three of her last four games
  • The team outshot the Beach 20-4 tonight
  • Hannah Gardner earned another shutout, her third of 2022
  • Gardner made two saves to preserve her perfect 1.000 save percentage
  • Smith Hunter, Taylor Fasnacht and Lara Schenk all played the full 90 on the backline, allowing only four shots to the Beach 

UP NEXT

Harvard will welcome in-state rival Massachusetts to Jordan Field for a nonconference tilt. The Crimson and the Minutewomen will face off in Cambridge at 1:00 PM. The action can be streamed live on ESPN+.
 
Harvard women's soccer will also be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX during their match with UMass. The Crimson will be holding a youth clinic on the field following the match. For more information, please visit the Harvard Athletics Title IX page at this link.
 
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