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...good news for the Harvard men’s basketball team. In the last meeting between these two squads, the Crimson built a 10-point lead early in the second half and led by as much as six in the final five minutes, but the Lions switched into a zone defense that stymied Harvard’s offense. Columbia eventually overtook the Crimson and won, 60-59, on a lay-in with four seconds left. On Friday, Harvard led by 15 points with less than seven minutes remaining. Again, the Lions switched defenses, this time using a trapping press that...
...Crimson coach Katey Stone said. “They battled hard, and it took a little while to figure out how we were going to win.”With less than three minutes to play in the second period, Harvard set up in the Big Red zone. Tri-captains Sarah Vaillancourt and Jenny Brine played the puck up from the corner to Farni. From the blue line, Farni launched a slapshot at Cornell goaltender Jenny Niesluchowski. The puck was deflected off a defender’s stick and found its way through the five-hole...
...outshot 17-8 by Princeton and was better able to dictate the game’s pace in the second. “Sometimes the penalties hinder your ability to get something going offensively, and sometimes they’re a result of spending too much time in your zone and the other team carrying the play,” Donato said. “But I thought after the first period we did a much better job staying out of the box.”Harvard drew first blood coming out of the break, scoring...
...board.Executing Harvard’s power play offense to perfection, junior Anna McDonald and tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt combined for a pretty goal just over a minute after Overguard was sent to the box.McDonald held the puck at the left circle of the Big Red zone, passed it back to Vaillancourt, and then charged the net. Completing the give-and-go, Vaillancourt fed a slick pass down low and McDonald slammed her second goal of the season past Cornell goalie Amanda Mazzotta, the team’s second-string netminder.The goal catalyzed the Crimson offense, and Harvard controlled the tempo...
...teams are at even strength. Faceoff in the Harvard zone...