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...strong defensive pressure, the middle frame continued with neither Harvard nor Cornell taking control. The game flow stayed relatively constant—that was, until the Crimson broke through to even up the game at two goals apiece. Senior Jennifer Raimondi gathered the puck in the Harvard defensive zone and played a long pass ahead to freshman Sarah Wilson along the left side boards. Wilson tracked down the feed before wheeling and firing a pass back to Raimondi, who one-timed a shot into the net, providing the lone score of the second period.Because of the offensive stagnation, the play...
...anything for us. We know that she can score in every game, so it was nice to see her do her thing.” In the second half, Harvard’s defensive struggles continued as Yale consistently found holes in the Crimson two-three zone. Harvard increased its intensity on the other end of the floor, however, getting better looks at the basket by attacking offensively. The aggressiveness helped the team get to the line more frequently, where it shot 7-for-8—a much better clip than in a first half, when it reached...
...paint in the first half to take a 37-24 lead into the break. “They gave us what we gave them down [in Providence],” Crimson coach Frank Sullivan said. “Tonight Brown took us by surprise, because the game was all zone when we played them last time. We thought we would see zone, [but] we saw an aggressive man-to-man.”Brown’s new-look defense held the Crimson to 33 percent shooting in the first half and 42 percent for the game, and Harvard?...
Lavietes Pavilion did not offer the same home-court advantage as John J. Lee, however, providing a comfort zone for Yale’s players...
...hinge as much on the emotions generated by the Yale crowd’s rancorous baiting of Harvard’s players as on any other factor. Lavietes Pavilion did not offer the same home-court advantage as John J. Lee, however, leading to more of a comfort zone for Yale’s players. “The reason why we have such a good home record is because of our fans,” Flato said. “It’s a lot easier when you don’t have people yelling at you every...