Women's hockey dominated by Brown, beats Harvard

After victories in three out of its last four games coming into this weekend, many hockey pundits would have predicted that Princeton would be able to come out and take it to Brown for a substantial victory.

The Tigers (11-10-2 overall, 6-10-2 Eastern College Athletic Confer-ence) did come to play, but a Bear scoring streak midway through the third helped Brown (13-3-3, 10-3-3) pull away for a 6-2 victory.

Would-be ice hockey Nostradamuses out there would then take a look at that loss and forecast that Princeton would get destroyed by Harvard on Sunday. After all, the Crimson had defeated the Bears 4-1 earlier in the season.

Their predictions would have no weight in the outcome, however, as Princeton beat Harvard 3-1.

The Brown game started well for the Tigers, as they looked to avenge their 4-0 loss against the Bears Nov. 26.

Indeed, seven minutes into the period, Princeton freshman defender Angela Gooldy was able to corral a rebound and punch it into the back of the net for a 1-0 Princeton lead.

At this point, the pundits had reason to believe that their predictions were correct.

The second period was the beginning of the end for Princeton, however, as two Brown goals put the Bears up 2-1 with only the last period to go.

The sun briefly shined for the Tigers, though, as senior forward Andrea Kilbourne was able to net a goal with only 11 minutes, 32 seconds to play, knotting the score at two.

But Brown finally figured out how to beat freshman Megan Van Beusekom, the Princeton netminder, as it managed to score three goals in two and a half minutes.

"It just wasn't working right," Van Beusekom said in reference to Princeton's performance when the three goals were scored.

Adding an empty-netter at the end of the game, Brown emerged with a 6-2 victory.

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Although the score might not show it, Princeton undoubtedly played a decent game.

"We played 50 minutes of good hockey," Kampersal said.

Thus, with a 6-2 Tiger loss in the books, the women's hockey prognosticators probably did not think that Princeton stood much of a chance against Harvard, ranked in some polls as high as second in the nation.

The Tigers were not intimidated, however, as they not only came to play, but also controlled a large part of the game.

Only 10 minutes into the first period, Princeton junior forward Melissa Deland was able to put Princeton ahead 1-0.

That score still stood at end of the first, and the second period was all Tigers. After an early Harvard penalty, Princeton was able to mount a power-play attack and start a series of passes which culminated with junior forward Jessica Fedderly's fifth goal of the season.

Just as the second period was coming to an end, senior forward Andrea Kilbourne punched in a goal and put Princeton up 3-0 going into the third.

The final period belonged to Harvard, but they were able to get only one puck by van Beusekom as Princeton eventually came out with a 3-1 victory.

Even with strong performances over the last few weekends, Princeton will still need to finish the season furiously.

"We've got to win four out of our last six games (to make the playoffs)," Kampersal said.

And, with more performances like Sunday's, they just might be able to do it.

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