Game two: Hockey, hockey, hockey, hockey weekend.  Bright Hockey Center.
 
Saturday mornings' match was a very good showing for Harvard.  The
offense got it going, and the defense continued to hang together.
 
There was no scoring in the first two periods.  During that time play
varied from Harvard having some pressure on in the Cornell zone, to
up and down action.  I'll have to say I was not pleased with Cornell
who did alot of hooking.  Generally, women's hockey is a very clean
sporting event.  Today I saw more infractions from Cornell than I have
seen the whole rest of the season.
 
In the third period, Diana Clark (Sara Simmons) opened the scoring on
a play right in front of the net.  There were several pokes at the puck
and Clark finally sent it home.  Kim Landry (Holly Leitzes) scored the
second goal on a wrist shot, following a lovely centering pass from
behind the net.  The final goal was also by Landry (Jo-anne Alissi)
when she deflected a pass into the upper right hand corner of the net.
 
I thought Hetherington played well on defense for Big Red.  She read
the game well, and broke up several plays.  B. Schmaltz was their most
effective forward.  She seems the most likely to score.  For Harvard,
Joey Alissi continues her strong play up the middle.  She created for
herself and others many scoring chances.  Winkie Mleczko had a good
game on defense.  She stepped up and filled the gaps well.  Holly
Leitzes continues to improve.  She shifted up onto offense several
times, one resulting in the second goal.  Megan Hall made some nice
setups for her linemates.  Her name is not on the scoring sheet, but
her play provided many chances.  The thing that hurts the Harvard team
the most is the misuse of players by the coach.  Again he went with
three defensive players.  Fortunately the extra defender got half
shifted on the second line.  Unfortunately the second line now has
two players who could be very good defensive players, if given the
chance.  This was Harvard's best effort to date.  Both lines, the
defenders and tender of the twine Erin Villiotte are playing pretty
good hockey.  Nice going Crimson.
 
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