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When junior Jess Halpern went down with a season-ending injury just two games into the regular season, it would have been easy for the Harvard women’s lacrosse team to pack it in the rest of the way.
VanderMeulen made the largest impact, taking on the role of the team’s top offensive weapon, as the freshman finished with a conference-high 56 goals to go along with 27 draw controls.
But the Crimson had a turnaround moment when the team traveled south to take on then-No. 4 Virginia. Harvard hung with the top-five team for much of the contest, even leading late in the first half. A late Cavalier run helped Virginia close out the contest, 14-9...
Harvard rebounded with wins over Holy Cross and Princeton, putting the Crimson in solid contention for the Ivy League tournament. When Harvard defeated Columbia in its final conference match of the season, it needed wins from Penn and Dartmouth to take the final playoff berth.
But VanderMeulen did not slow down from there. When all was said and done, the freshman finished the season with 56 goals, good for first in the Ivy League and fourth in the nation in scores per game.