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After fellow Kazmaier winner Julie Chu ’06-07 graduated from Harvard, the burden of leading the Crimson’s offensive attack was placed squarely on Vaillancourt’s shoulders. For Vaillancourt to succeed in this endeavor, she would have to make significant adjustments to her game...
...dynamic goal scorer with superb stick-handling skills and a powerful shot, Vaillancourt benefited from the presence of Chu and others to create scoring opportunities and handle the defensive end of the game in her first two seasons with Harvard. Now in the driver’s seat, Vaillancourt had to expand her repertoire and accelerate her development as an all-around player...
...Vaillancourt responded by turning in a transcendent season. She led Harvard with 26 goals and 36 assists and finished fifth in the nation with 1.82 points per game while tying for second with 1.06 assists per game...
More than once Vaillancourt displayed her ability to dominate entire games to the point that Harvard’s opposition was rendered helpless. In a two-game road trip in which the Crimson shut out Connecticut, 2-0, before beating Providence, 4-1, Vaillancourt racked up two goals and three assists, having a hand in all but one of Harvard’s goals...
...Vaillancourt was also fourth in the NCAA with seven game-winning goals, including one on Feb. 22 with the Crimson’s perfect conference record on the line at Colgate. With just over two minutes left in regulation, Harvard and the Raiders were deadlocked in a 2-2 tie, and the Crimson found itself with its back to the wall facing a 4-on-3 penalty kill. The situation looked bleak, and Vaillancourt sensed that something needed to be done...