Harvard University

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Harvard women's hockey team opened the season with a 5-1 win over Holy Cross at the Hart Center on Friday night. A four-goal second period and the first three goals coming from the top line powered the Crimson.

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Harvard's top line scored the first three goals of the night with sophomore Elle Sproule (Old Greenwich, Conn.) starting things off with the lone goal of the first period. Junior center Ella Lucia (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) carried the puck from deep in her own zone and fed a pass to Sproule, who buried a shot from the left side.
 
The second-period scoring began with a goal for Lucia, one-on-one against the Crusader goalie just three minutes into the period. After the midway point of the frame, first-year Lindsay Stepnowski (South Glastonbury, Conn.) and senior Zoe Boosamra (Montreal, Que.) netted back-to-back goals. Senior defender Annie Sun (Short Hills, N.J.) was denied, but Stepnowski was there to bury her first career goal. For Boosamra, she collected a bouncing puck in the slot on a pass from junior Emily Hamann (Marlborough, Mass.) and scored.
 
Reghan Chadwick answered almost immediately for Holy Cross with the first and only goal of the night for the home side. Harvard got the goal back before the end of the second as senior Maria Pape (Shaker Heights, Ohio) scored on a rebound to become the fifth Crimson goal scorer of the night.
 
In net, sophomore Isabelle Whynot (Newmarket, Ont.) made her sixth career start and tallied 24 saves in the win. For the Crusaders, Jorinde Heller posted 34 saves.
 
SCORING
1^st        6:38      HARV   Elle Sproule (Lucia)
2^nd        3:01      HARV   Ella Lucia (Lapp)
2^nd        12:14    HARV   Lindsay Stepnowski (MacDonald, Sun)
2^nd        13:54    HARV   Zoe Boosamra (Hamann, Finnegan)
2^nd        14:38    HC       Reghan Chadwick (Heidenberger, Malloy)
2^nd        18:57    HARV   Maria Pape (Dinges, Hamman)
 
Game Notes
·       Harvard is 32-15-1 all-time in season openers and has won three straight.
·       Harvard leads the all-time series with Holy Cross, 3-1.
·       The win marked the 749^th in Harvard women's hockey history.
·       Hamann recorded her first career two-assist game.
·       Stepnowski scored her first career goal in her collegiate debut.
·       Whynot notched the second win of her career.
 
Up Next
Harvard and Holy Cross get back on the ice Saturday night in Cambridge with a 6 p.m. puck-drop at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center.