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...young and learning just as other teams are losing their cores, experienced nuclei that put them in contention for the title this season. The Crimson will return three of its top four scorers next year, with Hallion and freshmen Rollins and Tay all primed for breakout seasons. Reserves Niki Finelli and Emma Moretzsohn, as well as Liz Tindal, who sat all year with a torn meniscus, round out a potent sophomore contingent for next year.Moreover, Harvard brings back the most in a perpetually cyclical league, one that gives rise to great teams for a few years and then sees another...
...season, the second half belonged to those in Crimson—and this time, the second half explosion cooled Cornell’s outside arsenal and warmed up the Harvard nets. The Crimson shot a blistering 62.5 percent from the field in the second half, paced by freshman guard Niki Finelli’s 12 second-half points. “She’s an amazing shooter, and she makes plays for herself,” freshman guard Emily Tay said. “When we get her the ball, she’ll make...
...double-edged sword for this Harvard squad, as four different freshmen have led the team in scoring at various times this year. Nobody can question the talent of this year’s rookie class, which Delaney-Smith openly calls her best ever. But freshmen Katie Rollins and Niki Finelli were out until January with injury, and a season’s worth of injuries to co-captain Jess Holsey have forced Delaney-Smith to shuffle her hand.The result? A lot of untested, inexperienced players asked to take over in crunch time, and a lot of frustrating losses that...
...Harvard co-captain Maureen McCaffery said. “Everybody came to play.”The most impressive night might have belonged to sophomore Lauren Fried, a sparsely used reserve guard who scored seven points in seven minutes. Freshman forward Niki Finelli, continuing her recent hot streak, contributed eight points.HOLSEY’S HOMESenior co-captain Jessica Holsey saw her first action since the Ivy opener against Dartmouth on Jan. 7. Holsey, the Crimson’s returning leading scorer from last season, has been benched with various maladies, including an injury to her shooting hand...
...Crimson needed support from someone—anyone. Since Ivy play began in January, much of that offensive help has come from a freshman squad that provided the spark needed to revitalize a reeling Harvard team. After some maturing and greater experience, the group of freshmen—guard Niki Finelli, forward Emma Moretzsohn, guard Emily Tay, and forward Katie Rollins—brought talent and capability beyond their years to a team less than six months removed from a thrilling Ivy Title run.“That’s our schtick,” said Harvard coach Kathy...