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Postgame Ceremony: MVP goes to Wilson. She had a goal and 2 assists in the Tournament, including the crucial third goal that gave Harvard a comfortable cushion in the final...
...Buesser hit classmate Chute at mid-ice who skated up the left side of the rink and wristed the puck into the back of the net at 5:00. Chute currently has 17 points in her rookie season. The Crimson headed to the locker room with a 3-0 cushion after Wilson netted her 11th goal of the season. Defenders Kati Vaughn and Leanna Coskren knocked the puck around at mid-ice for some time before finding Wilson by the blue-line to collect the score for Harvard. A dangerous power-play opportunity presented itself for Union midway through...
...With its season on the line—five Ivy losses virtually disqualify a team from contending for the conference title—Harvard, led by its junior core of Housman, Harris, and Andrew Pusar, played a woeful first half offensively and defensively, spotting the Bears a 37-16 cushion. The Crimson shot just 22 percent from the floor and logged one assist against eight turnovers, while Brown converted field goals at a 56 percent clip. The team’s youngsters, most notably Blankenau and Fitzgerald, helped to keep the deficit in the 20-point range down the stretch...
...After Northeastern squandered a few late chances that would have forced a tie, Harvard once again attacked the net with a barrage of shots, and Vaillancourt knocked in a rebound to give the Crimson a two-goal cushion with just over a minute left in the game...
...only lead of the night. “It’s actually the first [game winner] in my entire life,” Tay said. “I’m going to take it.” And with that one-point cushion, the Crimson jumped on board the Tay Train and rode out of Lavietes Pavilion with a season-saving win over the stunned Quakers. “Tay Train?” Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “I like that. Make that stick. She was just tremendous at both ends...