Sunday, September 6, 2009

UCONN Defeats Harvard in Big East Conference Women's Soccer Action!

UCONN Sophomore Forward Jessica Shufelt

UConn women's soccer team defeat Harvard 3-1. UConn started scoring early in the game,with the first goal coming in 5Th minute from Senior Defender Laura Ebert. The second goal came from the boot of Sophomore Midfielder/Forward Melissa Busque in the 10th minute.Harvard then made the game very interesting when Sophomore Midfielder Hana Taiji scored a consolation goal just before halftime,in the 42ND minute of play, to pull Harvard within 1 goal. The victory was sewn up for good in the second half,when Freshman Midfielder Linda Ruuti scored in the 68th minute of play.

Photo credit:University of Connecticut.