CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – History repeated itself today at Jordan Field as the Harvard Crimson women's soccer team and the No. 20 Pepperdine Waves battled to a 1-1 draw for the second season in a row. The Crimson (3-0-2, 0-0-0 Ivy) keep its unbeaten record intact with the result against the Waves (4-2-2, 0-0-0 WCC). The contest was also the team's fourth annual Pride Game celebration, run in coordination with the Harvard Athlete Ally chapter. 632 fans poured into the gates of Jordan Field to celebrate and take in the action.
 
Josefine Hasbo put the Crimson ahead with a 77' penalty kick goal, but the Waves equalized just five minutes later as Pepperdine escaped Jordan Field with a draw.
 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Harvard Crimson and the No. 20 Pepperdine Waves competed against one another for the second straight season today at Jordan Field. The sides battled to a 1-1 draw a year ago out in Malibu, Calif. during the first meeting in the series history.
• Pepperdine set the tone early in the contest, creating the first shot of the game that was cleaned up by Rhiannon Stewart. The Waves got two corner kicks and had another shot find the net in the first ten minutes, but Stewart was once again up to the task.
• After the second Stewart save, Harvard worked quick on the counter getting its first shot on goal from August Hunter off a great feed from Jasmine Leshnick. Hunter's shot found the mitts of the keeper, who kept Harvard off the board 11' into the match.
• The next ten minutes saw the teams go back and forth alternating shots. The goalkeepers continued their strong play to keep the score level at zero. Stewart tied her career high with four saves after just 18' of action and Audrey Francois and Anna Rayhill recorded the shots for the Crimson in the sequence.
• After the first 20 minutes, the Harvard defense began to take control of the game, stifling the Waves forwards for the remainder of the half.
• Anya Van Den Einde, Leshnick and Susie Long all recorded shots for the Crimson but could not find the twine as the sides went into the halftime break in a 0-0 tie.
• The Crimson maintained control in the second half, holding off the Waves attack while creating more scoring chances in the opening 20 minutes of the half. Nicola Golen and Írena Héðinsdóttir Gonzalez both had shots turned aside as the scoreless tied remained.
• Harvard finally broke through 77' into the action when Audrey Francois drew a foul in the box to give Harvard a penalty kick chance. Josefine Hasbo took the PK and buried it into the back of the net to give Harvard the lead.
• Pepperdine found its equalizer just five minutes later when Megan Edelman scored a goal from outside the box that just narrowly skipped over the outstretched gloves of Stewart.
• The Waves tally ended a 441 minute scoreless run for Harvard and was the first goal conceded by the Crimson this season.
• Stewart would be called on to make one more save in the final minute of the contest as the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
• Harvard remained unbeaten with the result that put the team at 3-0-2 on the year.

 

HARVARD HIGHLIGHTS

• Josefine Hasbo scored her 20^th career goal in the contest and the second penalty kick goal in her career.
• Rhiannon Stewart made a career-high five saves in the contest.
• Harvard conceded its first goal of the season, ending a 441 minute scoreless streak, the fourth-longest to start a season in program history.
•  The Crimson outshot the Waves, 14-9.
• Shots on goal were even between the two teams who recorded six apiece.

 

UP NEXT

Harvard will hit the road to begin a challenging four-game road stretch this week. The Crimson will make its way to the Midwest to first battle the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Thursday (Sep. 12) before heading South to battle Northwestern in Illinois on Sunday (Sep. 15).