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...Green’s lead in the second period. The freshman tallied the eventual game-winner just 2:46 into the frame—squeezing the puck between the left post and Harvard goaltender John Daigneau’s right shoulder—before increasing Dartmouth’s cushion to three goals midway through the period. Meanwhile, the Crimson struggled to generate quality scoring chances against a stingy Big Green defense despite earning three man-advantage opportunities through the first 40 minutes. “Penalty killing is a work ethic thing,” Dartmouth coach Bob Gaudet...
...during reading period to study. “If they shoved everything before break, there could be a stress problem with everything piling up,” said Chase-Levenson. “I like having some of my classes out of the way, but I also like the cushion of reading period and the cushion of intersession,” said T. Riya Sen ’07, an Economics 1035 student who is taking five classes this semester, echoing many others’ sentiments. But even with the extra time, many of these Harvard students will still...
...with 15 minutes remaining in the game. In a game marked by scoring runs, the Crimson managed to cut the lead to four points with a 10-6 spurt halfway through the second. But another BU surge as the clock wound down gave the Terriers a 60-47 cushion before Harvard began fouling to stop the clock. GUARD PLAY Senior guard Laura Robinson picked up the slack in a Harvard backcourt missing injured co-captain Jess Holsey, who missed her third consecutive game and sat on the sidelines with a taped hand. Holsey, out indefinitely with the injury, watched roommate...
...strong, hitting hard and outskating the Crimson right from the opening faceoff. Just 19 seconds in, Yale pivot Jean-Francois Boucher took a pass from linemate Nate Jackson and sent a shot high past Harvard netminder Justin Tobe’s blocker, giving the Bulldogs a 1-0 cushion. Though the Crimson equalized on a power-play tally by Pelle within four minutes, three Yale goals in the second period—including two less than a minute apart—sent Harvard to the locker room down 4-1 with just 20 minutes remaining. “I thought...
...Nobody expected us to come in here and get the win. We could see Virginia getting worried at that point.” After the timeout, Virginia center Siedah Williams netted two of her 15 points to give the Cavaliers a five-point cushion, but Shana Franklin’s lay-up and co-captain Maureen McCaffery’s three-pointer from the corner knotted the game at 46 all. “The feeling on the court at that point was different than everything we’d felt so far,” Budischak said...