Seven Different Skaters Score as Harvard Handles Yale

Final	1	2	3	Final
Harvard (13-6-1, 10-4-1 ECAC)	3	2	3	8
Yale (1-21-0, 1-14-0 ECAC)	0	0	0	0

Scoring Summary
1st - 03:40	Dempsey, Jillian (Harvard)
1st - 04:26	Spurling, Kaitlin (Harvard)
1st - 14:12	Spurling, Kaitlin (Harvard)
2nd - 02:50	McDonald, Gina (Harvard)
2nd - 09:57	Reber, Samantha (Harvard)
3rd - 11:07	Armstrong, Kalley (Harvard)
3rd - 13:39	Crowe, Hillary (Harvard)
3rd - 17:19	Parker, Elizabeth (Harvard)

Harvard	Yale
G: Kaitlin Spurling - 2 A: 4 Players (#8, #13, #16, #17 - 2) Sh: Lyndsey Fry - 6 Sv: Laura Bellamy - 9	G: N/A A: N/A Sh: Aleca Hughes - 3 Sv: Jaimie Leonoff - 20

TEAM STATISTICS	Harvard	Yale
Power Plays	0 for 3	0 for 2
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	2 (4)	3 (6)
Shots on Goal	46	9
Face Offs Won	29	28

full stats

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Three first period goals proved to be more than enough as the No. 8/9 Harvard women's hockey team dominated play from start to finish in a 8-0 pounding of Yale Friday at Ingalls Rink. Harvard improves its overall record to 13-6-1 and its conference mark to 10-4-1 with the convincing win.

In all, seven different Harvard players scored in the game that saw the Crimson match its season-high for goals in a game. Goalie Laura Bellamy needed just nine saves to record her second consecutive shutout and fourth of the season. The nine shots allowed marked a season-best mark for the Crimson defense.

Harvard bolted out of the starting blocks, posting a pair of goals within the first 4:30 of the first period. Jillian Dempsey intercepted a clearing pass by a Bulldog defender in the offensive zone, dragged the puck to her backhand and lifted a shot past Jamie Leonoff for a quick 1-0 lead. Kaitlin Spurling followed suit just 46 seconds later, picking off a Yale clearing attempt and beating Leonoff for back-to-back unassisted scores.

The Crimson continued to dominate play in the first and with 5:48 left in the period, Spurling struck again, wristing a shot into the top corner for her second goal of the game. The guests finished the first with a 16-2 advantage in shots.

It was more of the same in the second as Gina McDonald stretched the Harvard lead to four with a goal just 2:50 into the frame. Seven minutes later, it was rookie Samantha Reber, attacking from the opposite side and netting her fourth goal of the season which forced Yale to make a goaltender change. Harvard continued to own the shots advantage, outshooting the hosts 17-3 in the second.

The Harvard offense was quiet through the first half of the final frame, but rediscovered its stride in the back half of the period, netting a trio of goals in the final nine minutes. Kalley Armstrong found the scoresheet at 11:07 of the third off passes from Hillary Crowe and Michelle Picard and Crowe netted her own goal just over two minutes later. Elizabeth Parker registered the final Harvard score, converting a pass from Alisa Baumgartner at 17:19.

Harvard is back in action tomorrow afternoon in a 4 p.m., showdown with Ivy foe Brown in Providence, R.I.