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...amazingly consistent Kingsberg punted the ball to Scoon, who was waiting next to the deepest Princeton fullback. As Scoon scooted towards right hand corner of the field to get a better angled shot, three Tiger defensemen charged her. Without cutting down on her exceptional speed, Scoon pulled off both a step-over fake and a body fake, which confused the defense and prevented it from stopping her scoring shot...
...second game, Gainey took charge, spelling the Montreal defensemen by swooping up ice with the puck himself, prowling the crease in front of Ranger Goaltender John Davidson to draw defenders away from Canadien forwards. He forced openings in the Ranger defense that his teammates exploited with a display of skating, that left Shero awed: "I don't think I've ever seen a team that fast in my life. Not even the Russians skate that fast. There was nothing we could do to match...
...Crimson started the second half with a bang, as St. Louis snagged a pass from Julie Cornman at center and ran towards the goal, edged past the Wildcat defensemen and notched her second goal. A few minutes later, Cornman quick-sticked the ball for another Crimson tally with the assist going to Kent...
...Louis, continuing to power through defensemen at will, muscled toward the cage on another one-on-one play. St. Louis followed her power move with finesse, faking low, then coming all the way up and zinging the ball over the head of the Bridgewater goalie...
...real stars of the game for the Crimson, however, were its unsavory (to opponents, anyway) crew of underclassmen defensemen--Scott Pink, Frank Prezioso, and Haywood Miller. The Ephmen attack consistently had difficulty getting the ball into the box, let alone moving it toward the cage. "Our defensive pressure was outstanding," Crimson coach and one-time national scoring champion (at Brown) Bob Scalise noted afterwards...