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...accepted a pass from Mleczko in the right post and slammed it high past UNH junior goaltender Alicia Roberts--who had set a school single-game record with 48 saves to keep the Wildcats in the game--into the far corner...
...most dangerous--and probably surprising--play of the season came 1:40 into the extra period, when sophomore winger Angie Francisco was called for high sticking. It was her third penalty in the final 30 minutes of the game and gave the UNH power play a chance to win the championship. The overtime penalty was the 12th of the game and the culmination of a heated, physical contest...
Fighting off the desperate UNH defenseman, Francisco nudged the puck expertly to Suurkask in the slot and the 1997-98 Ivy League Rookie of the Year backhanded the puck beyond Roberts' outstretched glove, only to watch in vain as her best shot of the season clanged off the post. The groan from the Harvard fans was audible as the sophomore standouts struggled to control the rebound...
...things looked grim for the Crimson when Francisco entered the penalty box for the last time of the season. The two most productive offenses in the nation had capitalized for six goals on the man advantage during regulation, and the UNH power-play unit had scored on the first two Harvard penalties of the game. But the Crimson man-down unit of freshman defenseman Angela Ruggiero, Mleczko, Shewchuk and Botterill settled down after that, and Kuusisto made her biggest contribution during the overtime penalty kill, when she made four of her 28 saves...
...teammates set up the offense with expert passing. Suurkask took the puck in the corner and immediately swung it to junior defenseman Christie MacKinnon, a hard worker on defense not known for her offense. MacKinnon walked into the right circle and unveiled a hard slapshot UNH might not have been expecting...