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...weekend against Columbia. Win and the Crimson would earn a league championship and a berth into the NCAA tournament. Lose and the team’s year could be over. Given the stakes, Harvard needed one of its players to step up. The squad got just that, as junior Christina Hagner carried the Crimson to the Ivy League title and an automatic berth into the NCAA Championships. In an all-or-nothing game, Hagner controlled the offensive attack from her forward position. She created opportunities for her teammates with precise balls and opened up lanes for herself with sharp turns...
...that didn’t matter after Nichols put in the game-winning goal. Overall, the Crimson outshot the Lions 25-15, dominating the offensive end. Harvard got the first goal of the game at 26:01, when senior Rachael Lau launched a pass to speeding junior Christina Hagner. Hagner promptly redirected the ball into the back of the net. After this initial goal, Columbia and Harvard traded shots. But junior Lauren Mann, and the Lion’s Rebecca Taylor mainained their composure and refused to let another ball past them. The Crimson headed into halftime with...
...before the final buzzer. In the end, RPI out-shot Harvard 22-19. While both teams failed to score on their power play chances, the Crimson went 0-for-2, while the Engineers went 0-for-6. “Overall we are disappointed,” junior goalie Christina Kessler said. “I think we have yet to put a full 60 minute hockey game on the ice.”The first period was calm on both ends of the ice, with the Engineers out-shooting Harvard 6-1. Despite dominant Crimson play, RPI was able...
...early-season battle to solidify its on-ice chemistry.“I think we have yet to play a full 60-minute hockey game so far this season, and I really think that is going to be our emphasis from this point on,” junior goaltender Christina Kessler said. MAN DOWNThe Crimson got plenty of chances to show off its penalty-killing prowess this weekend, holding RPI and Union scoreless in their combined 10 power-play chances. Harvard has successfully killed 91.3% of its penalties so far this season. However, in a different kind of extra-attacker...
...victory.Saturday, Harvard put the game out of reach early, jumping out to a 6-1 lead and holding off a late Tigers rally to win 6-4.“I think it’s a great start to the season,” junior goalie Christina Kessler said. “I think we will only get better going forward.”HARVARD 6, PRINCETON 4Harvard started strong on Saturday at Princeton (1-3, 0-2), spreading out six goals over the first two and a half periods to take a five-goal lead. But the Tigers...