Harvard Wraps Up 2009 Slate at Columbia Friday
Photo courtesy of David Silverman Photography.
Game On
The Harvard field hockey team wraps up the 2009
season with an Ivy League matchup at Columbia Friday at 3
p.m.
Last Time Out
Harvard fought back from deficits of 2-0 and 4-2 to tie the game
and send it in to overtime Tuesday night against New Hampshire. The
Wildcats strike first in the extra session to pick up the victory,
5-4. Carly Dickson scored twice for the Crimson, while freshman
Nina Kucharczyk and sophomore Allie Kimmel also found the back of
the cage. Kucharczyk's tally was her first in a Harvard
uniform.
Crimson Capsule
With an average of 8.9 saves per game, Cynthia Tassopoulos ranks
seventh nationally. She owns a .698 save percentage. Chloe Keating
leads Harvard with 23 points on a team-high nine goals and
five assists, while Carly Dickson is the team’s
second-leading scorer with 18 points. She paces the team in
assists with six on the year. Emma Keller and Allie Kimmel have
five goals each.
History Lesson
Harvard leads the overall series with Columbia, 10-2, but the Lions
have had the upper hand in the last two meetings. Columbia defeated
Harvard, 3-1, last year at Jordan Field for its second straight
win.
Scouting the Lions
Columbia sports an 8-8 overall record and a 2-4 conference mark.
Julia Garrison and Christine Buszczak lead the offense with 12 and
11 points, respectively. Garrison has five goals and two assist,
while Buszczak has three goals and five helpers. Christie
O’Hara has seen the most time in the cage and sports a 2.47
goals-against average, but Erin Conway was played in the last three
contests. She sports a 2.30 goals-against average and has saved 50
percent of shots faced.
