3rd place game:     Boston College  11 -  Boston University  3
 
Tuesday evening at Harvard's Bright Hockey Center, the Boston College
Eagles cruised by the Boston University Terriers 11-3.  The Eagles were
led by the driving style of Genevieve Missirlian and the flowing moves of
Erin Magee.  BU had a pretty good match.  Their line of Kasey Lalime,
Jennifer Elliot and Kelly Horan looked good together.  #12 (Lori
Lemonnier?) was the other forward who played a very heads-up game.
 
Championship game:  Northeastern     5 -  Harvard  4
 
In the Championship contest, the Northeastern Huskies defeated the host
Crimson of Harvard 5-4.  The Huskies used some great passing and tough
defense to win their third Beanpot in a row.  Hail Huskies!
 
The match had an explosive start to it as both teams were up for the
final.  NU's refined passing game started to put the pressure on Harvard.
Betsy Dyke (Lisa Giovanelli) opened the scoring for the Huskies when she
finished a breakaway chance by drilling her shot into the back of the net.
Giovanelli provided the lovely long lead pass to spring Dyke.  Jennifer
Santerre (Kathryn Waldo, Crystal Baumgartner) scored a power play goal to
make it 2-0 Northeastern.  NU's passing was superb and they generated a
ton of pressure and several clean scoring chances on that power play.  Jen
Gerometta (Kiirsten Suurkask, Angie Francisco) got Harvard on the board
when the Husky defense was at sixes and sevens.
 
In the second, Northeastern was moving real good and changing the point of
attack with ease.  Giovanelli (Stephanie Acres, Dyke) made it 3-1 Huskies,
when she nailed a drop pass to the low far post.  Defender Jennie Setaro
(Baumgartner) extended the lead to three goals, when she banked her try
off the far post and into the net.  Baumgartner made the splendid dish to
set the play up.
 
At the start of the final period, Suurkask (Francisco) knocked in a
rebound for Harvard.  Giovanelli came back and scored a shorthanded tally
for Northeastern.  She stole the puck on the fore-check and wrapped it
into the goal to make it 5-2.  There were numerous calls and non-calls of
a dubious nature by the refs.  The final two Crimson goals were of that
fabric.  Basically, the zebras were zoo stock.
 
When ice hockey is about breaking the rules and trying to hurt others,
instead of skillful play, count me out.
 
Northeastern at times dominated the Beanpot final.  Their passing and
movement created a lot of open space.  The Huskies ability to change the
point of attack was outstanding.  In goal, Shannon Meyers had a good
contest.  She used her big kick save several times to make important
stops.  Jaime Totten was a force on the blue line.  Her speed of reaction
is fantastic.  Setaro also looked sharp on defense for the Huskies.  She
many a number of polished breakup plays.  Up front, Hilary Witt and Acres
periodically made some telling plays.  Fresher Dyke played big.  She was
all over the ice with her dynamic fashion.  The woman of the match, and
the Beanpot MVP was Giovanelli.  She played a very intelligent game.
Fresher Giovanelli was marvelous on the attack, and also found time to do
some effective back-checking.  Overall, a fine victory for Northeastern as
they prepare for final furious weeks of the season.
 
 
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