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Junior back Francine Polet scored for the second game in a row, but it was not enough for the Crimson to overcome Vermont in a 3-1 loss at Moulton Winder Field yesterday afternoon. It was Harvard’s second 3-1 defeat in a row after Wednesday’s game against Providence, and it was Vermont’s fourth straight win against Ivy League opponents. “We didn’t really step up the way that we had hoped to,” co-captain Devon Shapiro said. “They just...
...quick tally marked the first of two Providence goals in the first half—the second coming after a two penalty corners with under a minute to go before the mid-play break. Between the Friar bookend goals of the first frame, junior back Francine Polet slapped in a shot off a penalty corner to even the score at one and earn the Crimson’s only goal of the game. Polet’s tally, her second of the season, was assisted by midfielders sophomore Kristin Bannon and co-captain Jana Berglund, each earning her fourth assist...
...other two goals were knocked in by junior forward Tami Jafar, who tallied her first two goals of the season and took five of the Crimson’s 10 shots on goal. Jafar’s first goal was off a penalty corner, assisted by junior back Francine Polet with just over three minutes before the half. After the break, the Crimson’s lead was quickly extended to 3-0 as Jafar scored again in the first six minutes. Freshman back Maggie McVeigh registered her second and third assists of the season, aiding both Jafar and Romanelli...
...clear, which granted Harvard the penalty corner. New Hampshire responded after just 1:45 later to tie the score at 1, ending both teams’ droughts less than five minutes into the half. Harvard’s answer was another corner shot on goal from junior back Francine Polet, which rang true and put the Crimson ahead, 2-1. Harvard sealed its offensive victory around the 52-minute mark. Freshman forwards Leigh McCoy and Maggie McVeigh executed a give-and-go play, with McVeigh drawing the defense only to pass it off to an open McCoy...
Abruptly shaken back to reality, Harvard countered with a penalty corner of its own. Sophomore Francine Polet nearly snuck the ball over the line, but a quick-thinking defender knocked the shot away...