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THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE SEPTEMBER 21, 1997 Colleges eaves UMass be mi i J. ome is -1 Slow-starting Minutewomen can't head off field hockey upset sweet forHC By Barbara Huebner GLOBE STAFF Tl BROOKLINE Had i NORTHEASTERN, 3-0 at Parsons Field UMass (3-4) 0 0-0 Northeastern (3-21 3 0-3 Scoring! Jen White (unassisted) White (unassisted) Holly Holmberg (Keri Betten-hauser) :05. Saves: UMass, Zowie Tucker 2, Michelle Crooks NU, Danielle Butsch 2. uu amvcu at iojbuiip Field at halftime yester- ASSOCIATED PitESS Dan Boland completed his second touchdown pass a 22-yarder to Jeff Laboranti for the decisive N.E. football as Cross beat rounaup Georgetown, 25-21, in explained White.

"It's something that we practice a lot." UMass appeared undaunted by its three-goal deficit when it took the field for the second 35 minutes of play, heeding Shea's halftime advice. "I don't care about the result; I don't care about the score," Shea said, recalling her halftime words to the team. "I need to see this team compete." They did, and although the Huskies managed to turn back the Min-utewomen's repeated attacks, they were obviously tiling, creating fewer opportunities for themselves to score. "We need to play hard for 70 minutes," said Murtagh, aware that her team's back-to-back Final Four appearances make the Huskies a highlight on their foes' calendars. "Every team we play, they tell us we're their rival.

People are up to play us." The win puts the Huskies at 3-2 going into their game Wednesday against Boston College, which lost to UMass, 3-0, on Sept. 10. Meanwhile, UMass drops to 3-4 and will likely fall out of the Top 20 even as currently unranked Northeastern breaks in after beating No. 20 Ohio State and UMass only two days apart. 'day and neglected to check the score-'; 'board before settling in to watch ri-! vals Northeastern and Massachusetts do battle, you would have thought you were witnessing a tight game be-ri- tween two closely matched field teams.

Which at that point it was. Unfortunately for UMass fans, a tentative start by the 17th-ranked Minutewo-(. men paved the way for a 3-0 win by the Huskies, who scored all their t. goals in the first half on the way to their second straight shutout. "You can't dig yourself a hole like that," said first -year UMass coach Patty Shea, the goalie on the 1996 Olympic team and a former UMass All-American.

"We were a little hesi-tant in the first half and it came back to hurt us. The second half was a to- tally different game." But by then, Husky forward Jen White's two unassisted goals (at 26:03 and 16:53) had been augmented by a penalty-comer shot from Holly Holm-berg, a junior out of Watertown, just seconds before the half. The 3-0 final, identical to the score by which NU knocked UMass out of the first round of the NCAA tournament the last time they met, must have been especially painful to UMass, which had counted on this game to both avenge that defeat and help put its season back on track after a loss Wednesday to unranked Yale by you guessed it a 3-0 score. Northeastern, perhaps buoyed by its 6-0 win over Ohio State two days earlier, came out aggressively, consistently beating UMass to the ball. White, a senior out of Hamilton-Wen-ham Regional High School in Essex, seemed to be everywhere.

"She just goes," said Northeastern coach Cheryl Murtagh in admiration. On her two goals, White first took the ball to the left of goaltender Zowie Tucker and then suddenly pulled it to her right. "We try to get a quick shot off," GLOBE STAFF PHOTO BARRY CHIN Northeastern's Hilary McHugh was riding high at Erica Johnston's expense as the Huskies blanked UMass. Oood si arvara ODemni JL act is a smas lor Havens By Bob Monahan GLOBE STAFF soccer tea A bunch of New Yorkers got mugged in Boston yesterday. Ik: By Marvin Pave GLOBE STAFF INDGE, N.H.

You don't have to wait long to get the news as yu anve across we Nev Mampsnire Doraer here on Route 202, just north of the Massachusetts town of Winchendon. "Franklin Pierce College, home of the 1994-1995 A. Ray Tellier. Lions quarterback Bobby Thomason said, "We got our butts kicked on both sides of the ball." "We played hard, and hustled, and hit," said Murphy. "The X's and O's were easier today.

Troy Jones gives us the speed we've been lacking. We figured him in our plans, but he was injured for two years. Everything fell together, especially the special teams." Of his two interceptions, Jackson said, "The defensive line forced both." Added Linden, "We were a bit slow at the start and then got it going. That was a good opening game." The Crimson defense stood tall in the first quarter while the offense posted 14 points, thanks to a 1-yard pass from Linden to Damon Jones at 6:17 and a 53-yard pass from Linden to Eitzmann, who caught the ball in stride on the 20. Harvard struck again at 50 seconds of the second when Troy Jones swept in from 13 yards, after Jackson's first interception.

Columbia scored at 1:07 when Thomason hooked up with Bert Bondi on an 80-yard pass over the middle. It was all Crimson the rest of the first half, as Mike Giampaolo kicked a 30-yard field goal at 5:07, following a terrific 43-yard scamper by Joe Matt-son. Troy Jones bulled over from the 1 at 9:27, following a great run by Terence Patterson; and Chupaila scored on It happened at Harvard Stadium, where the Crimson dropped Columbia, 45-7, after leading, 38-7, at halftime. It was a glorious day for Harvard and fourth-year coach Tim Murphy, who has all his own recruits on this team. Harvard just may be in position to register a winning record for the first time since 1985, when Joe Restic's team went 7-3.

Murphy's team, laden with seniors and juniors, went 4-6, 2-8, and 4-6 in the three previous seasons. But yesterday the players were focused. The defense, which has all its starters back from a year ago, hit early, often, and with authority, allowing only 233 yards. The offense (479 yards) looked confident. The team made several big plays in its opener, and wouldn't allow Columbia to extend a two-game win streak over it.

The 45 points were the most scored by Harvard since a 52-39 win over BrowTi in 1990. And Harvard now leads the series against Columbia, 43-12. Heroes? One could start with the entire defense, including Glenn Jackson, who had two interceptions; the special teams; and a banged up offensive line that delivered big time. On offense, there was Troy Jones, who scored on Worcester yesterday. It was the Crusaders' first home victory since a 1995 season-ending 39-20 decision over Colgate.

The Crusaders held off a final 17-play Hoya drive with 23 seconds remaining. Linebacker Dominic Blue sacked quarterback Bill Ward to clinch the win. Holy Cross led, 18-7, at halftime. Boland's first TD pass, an 11-yarder to Brian Hopkins, opened the scoring. NESCAC Trinity 31, Bates 6 Sherman Francis rushed for 132 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead Trinity in Lewiston, Maine, as coach Don Miller tied the New England Division 3 record with his 168th career win.

Miller, in his 31st season, tied Amherst coach James Ostendarp. Francis, who had 215 yards of total offense, also caught two passes for 83 yards. His second of two fii'st-quarter touchdowns was on a 66-yard pass from Joe Mulloney. Wesleyan 51, Tufts 33 Scoring on its first five possessions on the way to a 30-14 halftime lead, Wesleyan main- tained at least a 10-point edge throughout the second half in a victory over visiting Tufts. Amherst 38, Hamilton 0 Colin Barnacle caught two touchdown passes to lead visiting Amherst in the coaching debut of the Lord Jeffs' E.J.

Mills. Middlebury 43, Bowdoin 0 Brian Holmes and Bryan Sanchez combined for 253 yards and five touchdowns to lead visiting Middlebury. Freedom Conference UMass-Lowell 42, Norwich 13 Led by quarterback John Speidel's two touchdown passes, UMass-Lowell scored on its first four possessions of the second half in a rout of host Norwich. Speidel finished with 206 passing yards, including a 79-yard touchdown to Noel Gourdin. Kings Point 42, Springfield 28 Sophomore quarterback Jeff Turpen passed for two touchdowns and ran for two other scores to lead undefeated Kings Point over host Springfield.

Jersey City St. 14, West. Conn. 13 -Mike Branagh's 10-yard touchdown pass to Matt Giobbie on fourth and goal with 33 seconds left lifted the hosts. N.E.

Conference Worcester St. 25, UlYlass-Dartmouth 16 Reggie Spears ran for three touchdowns to lead the hosts, who ended a nine-game UMass-Dartmouth win streak. Framingham St. 33, Frtchburg St. 31 Rob Dower caught a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes from Alex Tarpey to lead the hosts.

Bridgewater St. 28, Maine Maritime 27 Shane Young scored on a 1-yard run at 5:42 of the fourth quarter to cap a three-touchdown comeback for host Bridgewater State. Coast Guard 13, Mass. Maritime 8 Jaimie Amon ran for 104 yards, including an 8-yard touchdown, to lead visiting Coast Guard. Eastern Conference Merrimack 33, Assumption 7 The Warriors scored on their first play in the first ever game on Warrior Field in North Andover on a 59-yard touchdown run by Calvin Bryant AIC 26, Stonehill 24 In Easton, Larry Moses' 39-yard field goal with five seconds left lifted American International.

Wagner 13, C.W. Post 12 Kail Franke's career-long 42-yard field goal lifted Wagner in New York. Albany 49, St. Lawrence 0 Joe Sa- vino became Albany's all-time total offense leader with 5,439 career yards and the defense recorded back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 1985 as the Great Danes rolled over the visitors. E.

Coll. Conference W. New England 25, MIT 10 Mike Roach caught two touchdown passes from John Mancuso to lead the victorious hosts. 4 HARVARD, 45-7 at Harvard Stadium Columbia 10-11 7 0 7 Harvard 11-01 14 24 7 0 45 Damon Jones 1 pass from Rich Linden (Mike Giampaolo kick) Chris Eitzmann 53 pass from Linden (Giampaolo kick) Troy Jones 13 rush (Giampaolo kick) Bert Bondi 80 pass from Bobby Tho- mason Neal Kravite kick) Giampaolo 29 field goal Troy Jones 1 rush (Giampaolo kick) Jared Chupaila 1 1 pass from Linden (Giampaolo kick) Linden 3 rush (Giampaolo kick) Attendance 7,658 First downs 24 9 Rushes-yards 57-311 25-80 Passing 176 187 Kickoff returns 2-36 7-103 Punt returns 6 42 2-5 Passes 12-26-3 14-39-3 Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-yards 8-74 9-83 Possession 34:06 25:54 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Bivens 9 43, Thomason 10-30. T.

Jones 19-101, Nwokocha 17-73. PASSING Thomason 9-26-3-133, Childress 5-12-0-54. Linden 11-22-2-169. RECEIVING Bondi 6-113, Hayes 3-38. Chupaila 3-49.

Patterson 3-34, Eitzmann 2-70. DARTMOUTH, 23-15 at Philadelphia Dartmouth 11-01 7 13 3 0 23 Penn (0-11 0 0 IS 0 IS Zach Ellis 13 pass from Pete Sellers (Dave Regula kick), 5:00 FG 23 Regula, 7:45 Regula 32 fumble return (Regula kick), 7:30 FG 33 Regula, 3:43 FG 38 Regula, 9:26 Matt Rader 12 rush (Brandon Carson pass from Rader), 2:53 Brian Bonanno 10 pass from Rader (Jeremiah Greathouse kick), :39 Attendance 11,123. First downs 5 22 Rushes-yards 29-026 30 065 Passing 149 206 Comp-Att-Int 18-30-1 22-39-3 Return Yards 178 60 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 5-3 Penalties-Yards 12-102 7-65 Possession 29:27 30:33 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Dylan Karczewski 21-24. Melvin Alexander 19-57. PASSING Sellers 18-30-1-149.

Rader 22-39-3-206. RECEIVING Will Harper 6-67, Ellis 3-26, Morton 3-8, Corso 2-8, Karczewski 2-26. Alexander 8-35. John James 7-97, Carson 3-37. CORNElirilO at tthaca, N.Y.

Princeton 0-11 0 3 7 0 10 Cornell 1141 0 14 0 0 14 Cor Eric Krawczyk 15 pass from Mike Hood (John McCombs kick) 10:24. Pn-FG AlexSierk28, 7:18. Cor Mark Dittman 1 1 pass from Scott Carroll (McCombs kick) 0:05. Pri Ray Canole 8 pass from Harry Na-kielny (Sierk kick) 12:20. Attendance First downs 15 18 Rushes-yards 33-43 30-85 Passing 151 224 Comp-Att-Int 18-44-1 24-50-1 Penalties-Yards 7-51 5-54 Possession 31:14 28:46 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Damian Taylor 18-48.

C. Hood 8-25, Brad Kiesendahl 8-24, Terry Smith 5- 21. PASSING Nakielny 18-44-1 151. Carroll 11-27-0 121. Hood 13-23-1 103.

RECEIVING P. Canole 5-41, Ryan Crowley 4-34, Erb 3-22. Kiesendahl 7-77, Krawczyk 6-64, Bush 4-31. BROWN, 52-14 at New Haven, Conn. Brown 14 21 10 7-52 Yale 0 0 7 7-14 Morey 36 pass from Ames (Routt kick).

10:47. Morey 33 pass from Perry (Routt kick), 0:58. Wall 61 pass from Perry (Routt kick), 13:34. Nangmenyi 28 pass from Perry (Routt kick). 2:14.

Nangmenyi 10 pass from Perry (Routt kick), 0:06. Wall 1 rush (Routt kick), 10:58. Scharf 4 pass from Whittaker (Shaddock kick), 7:27. FG Routt 37, 2 57. Campbell 19 pass from Ames (Routt kick).

7:53. Bentley 12 rush (Shaddock kick), 3 52. Attendance 15.315. First downs 28 9 Rushes-yards 47-205 28-58 Passing 424 117 Comp-Att-Int 27-43-1 9-28-6 Return Yards 130 22 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-45 3-20 Possession 33:42 26:18 INDflrlDUM. STATISTICS RUSHING B.

Robinson 18-110. Smith 16-62. Wall 7-29. Bentley 11-54, C. Frec-cero, 4-11 PASSING B.

Perry 20-33-0-333. Ames 7-10 1 91. McClellan 3-14-4-70. Whittaker 6- 14-2-47 RECEIVING B. Morey 7-169.

Nangmenyi 4 56. Bums 3-36. Scholl 3-14. Wall 3-77. Campbell 3-40 Y.

Borden 3-65. NCAA Div. 2 Women's Soccer Champions," proclaims the roadside sign welcoming you to this community of 5,000 tucked in south cen- tral New Hampshire. There's only one problem. With their third consecutive national title last fall, the Franklin Pierce Ravens are one step make that one year ahead of the Rindge highway department, just as they've been a step ahead of just about every other Division 2 women's team in the country the last three seasons.

No other team in their division has ever won three straight NCAA soccer championships, and with only one starter graduated from last year's team, Franklin Pierce winner of 61 of its last 62 matches has a good shot at repeating. No matter what, the Ravens already have the distinction of be- ing the only team in their division outside of Florida and California win a national championship. t.v The host Ravens, ranked No. 1 in the nation, took a 3-0 record and 20-game winning streak into yesterday's matchup at Crystal Field against No. 11 Bloomsburg (Pa.) University in the Umbro Days Inn Classic.

Despite a slow start, the Ravens took the lead on 1996 Division 2 i scoring leader Pauliina Miettinen's goal after a furious rush around the left side of the Bloomsburg defense and never looked back in their 1-0 victory, with keeper Marisa Giannone's eight saves a key. "It's no fluke that they've won three national championships in a said Lynn (Fla.) University coach Jim Blankenship after the Ravens took the national championship game, 1-0, last year at Boca JRaton. It was the same team that handed Franklin Pierce its only loss a year ago. And it was no fluke yesterday with the 5-foot-10-inch Miettinen one of six Finnish and eight foreign-born players on the roster -leading the way. In fact, since the Ravens and former coach Mark Krikoiian (now head man at Hartford) began the international pipeline in 1992, Franklin Pierce (enrollment 1,400) has gone 94-5-0 and produced 10 Ail-Americans, including current players Miettinen, Pauliina Au- Veri, and Anne Parnila.

"We blend a lot of different playing styles and personalities, so what I try to do is make them into a unit that is patient, possession-," oriented and passes the ball well," said second-year head coach Jeff Bailey, a former FPC player from Manchester, England. "We have ll the skillful players to play with the ball and while we have athletes, we don't rely solely on our athleticism." Junior midfielder Christy Santiago of Hampton, the lone New Hampshire native on the squad who set up the game-winner against Lynn, said, "We all know we want to win and we know we have to Tr work as a team to do it." an 11-yard pass from Linden at 14:48 following a tremendous Colby Skelton punt return. Harvard held the Lions to 40 yards rushing in the first half, 124 passing. The Crimson made it 45-7 at 6:22 of the third when Linden scored on a 3-yard keeper. That opened the door for the backups to get some work.

runs oi 16 and 1 yards; sophomore quarterback Rich Linden, who passed for three scores and ran for one while showing senior poise; and receivers Damon Jones, Chris Eitzmann, and Jared Chupaila. "We played a team that made all the plays on both sides of the ball and on special teams," said Columbia coach AP PHOTO Harvard's Chris Menick bulls forward before meeting Columbia's Erik Huntley. Brown, Perry flatten Yale ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 To the point where in the national championship game in 9b, Miettinen. the goalkeeper on the Finnish national team, replaced starter Giannone in the wilting Florida heat in the second half and held on Lynn, wmcn outsnot ru, zu-iu. "I hadn't planned on going to such a small school in the middle of the woods," smiled junior defender Katie Dempsey of Natick and i ur i i i.i I.

in the third quarter, when tight end Brian Scharf caught a 4-yard pass from Chris Whittaker. Dartmouth 23, Penn 15 At Philadelphia, Dartmouth's Dave Regula had a day kickers dream about, making three field goals, two extra points, and scoring a touchdown, to lead the Big Green. On the kickoff after Regula's 23-yard field goal, Penn's Brandon Carson fumbled straight into Regula's hands and he ran untouched for a 32-yard touchdown. Dartmouth's defense dominated, holding Penn to 65 yards on the ground. Cornell 14, Princeton 10 Scott Carroll threw for 121 yards and the winning score as the Big Red won at Ithaca, N.Y.

Brown's James Perry threw for four touchdowns yesterday to hand Yale its worst season-opening loss ever, a 52-14 ivy League the Yale Bowl in rOUndUP New Haven. It was an inauspicious debut for Yale coach Jack Sied-lecki, who took over for 32-year veteran Carni Cozza. Brown receiver Sean Morey caught seven passes for 169 yards and the Bruins' 629 total yards were a school record. Perry was 20 of 33 for 333 yards. Yale did not score until 7:30 was left IVlctl Idll illgll.

CUfiv, nvmv. iwv. loiiivuii ivi people involved with soccer know exactly where it is. "Playing with teammates from different countries is a challenge at times but if we have one thing in common, it's that we won't hesi- t.ito tr ko vvq1 urith each nthpr on thp fipld "Coming here for me, soccerwise, has been great. My touch on the ball has improved so much.

A good team can really change you." And the Ravens are better than good. Now if they'll just update that road sign to tell folks just how good thev reallv are i.