January 13, 2012
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Baumgartner Goal Seals Win Over Union For No. 10 Harvard

Final 1 2 3 Final
Union (3-17-2, 1-9-1 ECAC) 0 0 0 0
Harvard (10-5-1, 7-3-1 ECAC) 0 1 1 2
Scoring Summary
2nd - 16:54 Parker, Elizabeth (Harvard)
3rd - 12:53 Baumgartner, Alisa (Harvard)
UnionHarvard
G: N/A
A: N/A
Sh: Emilie Arseneault - 3
Sv: Kate Gallagher - 34
G: 2 Players (#27, #29 - 1)
A: 4 Players (#3, #8, #12, #14 - 1)
Sh: Lyndsey Fry - 8
Sv: Laura Bellamy - 15
TEAM STATISTICS UnionHarvard
Power Plays 0 for 1 0 for 2
Shorthanded Goals 0 0
Penalties (min) 2 (4) 1 (2)
Shots on Goal 15 36
Face Offs Won 19 32
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After recovering from a nagging injury, senior captain Alisa Baumgartner scored the insurance goal in her first game this season, as the 10th-ranked Harvard women’s ice hockey team topped Union, 2-0, Friday night at Bright Hockey Center. With the senior’s tally, every Harvard position player has registered at least a point this season.
 
The shots were plentiful for the Crimson (10-5-1, 7-3-1 ECAC) through the first two periods, but Union (3-17-2, 1-9-1 ECAC) goalie Kate Gallagher brought her ‘A’ game and kept Harvard off the board for the majority of the first and second stanzas. After outshooting the Dutchwomen 12-6 in the first, Harvard upped the pressure and found a goal in the second, despite a pair of Union penalty kills.
 
Samantha Reber won a puck off the left-side boards to Hillary Crowe and Crowe’s ensuing shot was redirected by Elizabeth Parker past Gallagher for a 1-0 lead with 3:06 to play in the frame. Harvard entered the third period with a 30-11 shots advantage.
 
The third period saw Harvard commit its first penalty, but the kill unit was up to the task, squashing the Union opportunity and maintaining a one-goal lead. With 12:53 gone in the third, Harvard found its second goal of the night, started by a heads-up play at mid-ice by Jillian Dempsey. Dempsey shoveled the puck back to Marissa Gedman at the blue line and Gedman winged a pass to Baumgartner at the opposing blue line. The senior collected cleanly and fired a shot from the top of the left faceoff circle that beat Gallagher through the five-hole.
 
Harvard goalie Laura Bellamy needed just 15 saves to record her second shutout of the season and second against a conference opponent.
 
Harvard is back in action tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m., when it takes on Rensselaer in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Bright Hockey Center. The men’s team faces No. 6 Boston University following tomorrow’s contest.