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Behind the scoring of the Olympic trio—captain Jennifer Botterill, junior captain Angela Ruggiero and freshman winger Julie Chu—Harvard (17-1-0) took an early lead and deflated any chance of a Mercyhurst rally en route to a 5-2 victory.
With the Crimson leading 3-0 on the strength of two goals from Chu and another from Botterill, a goal by Lindsay Dellow at 13:28 of the second period finally put the Lady Lakers (20-6-1) onto the scoreboard.
Harvard struck back 42 seconds later when Botterill notched her second goal of the period off assists from linemates Chu and sophomore Lauren McAuliffe. The goal restored the three-goal lead and sealed Mercyhurst’s fate.
Botterill and Chu helped to stretch the lead out of the Lady Lakers’ reach when they tallied helpers on sophomore defender Ashley Banfield’s power play goal early in the third period.
“Sometimes when we have a lot of steam behind us, teams try to blow us down by playing physical,” Botterill said.