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The Purples Eagles' roster is made up almost entirely of freshman and sophomores. With such young team having success so early, the team is bound to a future ECAC title contender.
Since the series with Niagara makes up the remainder of Harvard's non-exhibition schedule before winter break, the Crimson will need a strong showing against the Purple Eagles (9-3-1, 5-3-0) to prove that Wednesday's collapse against Brown was a one-time fluke.
Niagara is led on offense by sophomore forward Brooke Bradburn, who stands third in the ECAC in scoring with 12 goals and 10 assists in 11 games. Sophomore Stephanie Romain and freshman Valerie Hall have also come up big for the Purple Eagle offense this year.
The Harvard defense proved to be in need of serious fine-tuning after giving up four goals in the final period against Brown. Goalie Crystal Springer could use a little bit of a confidence boost too, having had two rough third periods in her three games since returning from a...
The trio really picked up the slack for the Crimson, scoring seven goals in four games in the absence of Shewchuk and Botterill. Suurkask even managed to garner ECAC Player of the Week honors last week.