Ryabkina Featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -Junior forward Liza Ryabkina
of the fifth-ranked Harvard women's hockey team is among six
athletes across the country to be featured in the Feb. 22 edition
of Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd."
Ryabkina, a native of Kharkiv, Ukraine, is a nominee for this
season's Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the nation's top
collegiate women's hockey player. She ranks second on Harvard
with 11 goals and is third with 17 points this year. Ryabkina
also ranks first on the Crimson and eighth in the nation with four
game-winning goals to her credit.
Ryabkina was the unanimous selection as the Beanpot Most Valuable Player after scoring five goals in the tournament. She scored the game-winner in Harvard's 1-0 win over Northeastern in the Beanpot championship game Feb. 9 and scored four times, including three in the third period alone, in the Crimson's 5-0 victory against Boston College in the opening round Feb. 2.
