Word: bliek
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...NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002. They might look to an irresponsible Crimson penalty for having too many players on the ice that set up the power play in which RPI scored the game-ending goal. They might credit Engineer goalie Sonja van der Bliek for playing the game of her life, registering a career-high 48 saves to lead her team to the tourney’s final round...
...Crimson attacked the net relentlessly on Saturday, but the Engineers’ Sonja van der Bliek displayed her sharp reflexes and impressive agility in a 48-save effort in RPI?...
...Bliek was aided by some luck—Harvard hit multiple posts and had an early goal taken away from it—but on several occasions she singlehandedly kept her team alive with sprawling saves that seemed to defy reason...
...think it was pretty hectic, but that’s why I like being a goalie,” van der Bliek said...
...starting brightly in a competitive opening period.An early opportunity for the Crimson came through an instinctive combination between tri-captains. At the Harvard blue-line, senior forward Sarah Vaillancourt launched a defense-splitting pass to senior Jenny Brine for a 1-on-1 with RPI goaltender Sonja van der Bliek. The forward veered left and fired a backhand shot, but was denied by a quick recovery by the Engineeers’ goaltender.At 10:08, Crimson pressure resulted in the puck finding its way into the RPI net—only for the goal to be disallowed. Following a snap shot...