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...With these and other extraordinary factors conspiring against the then-No. 7 Harvard women’s hockey team in its stunning 3-2 upset loss to Rensselaer in Saturday’s ECAC Tournament semifinals, it’s no wonder that Crimson coach Katey Stone invoked hidden deities and suggested that fate was at work in her postgame press conference...
...Skeptics might point out other, more tangible culprits responsible for the loss that undermined Harvard’s recent dominance over its conference opponents and kept the team out of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002. They might look to an irresponsible Crimson penalty for having too many players on the ice that set up the power play in which RPI scored the game-ending goal. They might credit Engineer goalie Sonja van der Bliek for playing the game of her life, registering a career-high 48 saves to lead her team to the tourney?...
...Facing top-ranked Wisconsin in 2007 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the underdog Harvard squad took the Badgers to four excruciating overtimes before finally succumbing to defeat in the 128th minute of play...
...when Harvard was selected to the NCAA Tournament with No. 1 Wisconsin as its first-round opponent, not too many people thought the game was worth the plane ticket to Madison...
...Crimson burst out of the gate with an 11-0-0 start and a meteoric rise to the top of the national rankings. After a setback against New Hampshire, Harvard rolled again, sweeping the Beanpot, ECAC Regular Season, and ECAC Tournament titles while going undefeated for the rest of the regular season and through the first round of the NCAA tourney. Current tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt, always respected for her uncanny scoring abilities, became an all-around juggernaut, tallying 26 goals and 36 assists while terrorizing opponents on defense in a transcendent campaign...