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...throwing one fake and burying the puck behind RPI goalie Emily Ford. Similarly, against Union, Vaillancourt took a pass from Chu, sped by the entire defense, and then wrested the puck to top shelf on the right, over the shoulder of the Dutchwomen’s goalie, Alex Zirbel. The goals were reminiscent of some of her better displays of puck control from her rookie season two years ago, when she registered 25 scores. “[Vaillancourt] pretty much just picked up where [she] left off,” Stone said following the victory. Nevertheless, against the top teams...
...gave the team a 2-0 lead. Vaillancourt took a lead pass in stride from co-captain Julie Chu on the left side, used her breakaway speed to accelerate past the defense, and pinpointed a wrister top shelf over goalie Alex Zirbel’s left shoulder. She beat Zirbel again at the 9:56 mark with a lethal slapshot, and completed the trifecta by finishing a rebound down low. Harvard had no trouble dispatching Union, grabbing a lead just 19 seconds into the game and coasting from there. Thirteen different players factored in the scoring, and seven recorded multiple...
...Vitt added. “I felt really comfortable out there even though these are tough games because there are so few chances.”Equally impressive, though very different, was the performance of Vitt’s counterpart—Union’s Alex Zirbel. Zirbel faced relentless pressure from the Harvard offense and wound up with 51 stops, many of them sprawling or diving saves from close range. “She’s really good,” Stone said. “She made some tough shots look easy by playing the angles...