Bears Battle, but Fall in Friday Night Showdown at No. 10 Harvard

Friday, January 14

Cambridge, Mass.

6:00 PM

Brown University

2-14-2,2-8-1ECACH

Harvard

10-5-0,7-3-0ECACH

Brown

Harvard

Bears Battle, but Fall in Friday Night Showdown at No. 10 Harvard

1/14/2022 9:20:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Brown women's hockey team jumped on the board first early in the opening minutes of action on Friday evening, but No. 10 Harvard followed with five unanswered goals the rest of the way for a 5-1 win.

Playing with just 13 healthy skaters, a shorthanded Brown squad fought hard in the contest and controlled the pace of play early, scoring the game's first goal just over six minutes in.

"We played so hard," head coach Melanie Ruzzi said. "The score is not even close to indicative of how the game was played. With just four defensemen, two of whom are forwards, our women stepped up in a huge way. I really couldn't be prouder of this group."

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Senior Tina Paolillo scored her third goal of the season, marking the fourth time in the last six games that Brown scored the first goal of the game.
Sophomores Maya Mangiafico and Cassidy Piersiak each picked up assists.
The Crimson finished the game with 36 shots on goal, but Brown held Harvard to just four shots over the final 20 minutes to outshoot the Crimson in the third period.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Brown struck first when Mangiafico sent a pass from behind the goal line out to Piersiak, who let off a shot from the blue line that was tipped home in front by Paolillo to give the Bears the 1-0 lead at the 6:33 mark.
The Crimson tied the score just 1:16 later on the power play when Maryna McDonald let loose a blistering shot from out near the blue line, that found its way into the back of the net.
Harvard took their first lead of the night when Taze Thompson skated in and roofed one over the goaltender's shoulder just under the bar at the 16:01 mark of the first period.
Moments after killing off a penalty, Harvard took a 3-1 lead on a wrist shot from the slot off a centering pass at 11:06 of the second period to push the lead to two.
Becca Gilmore tacked on a power play goal for the Crimson at the 14:50 mark after spinning and sliding one inside the post, giving Harvard a 4-1 lead after two periods.
Harvard scored the third period's only goal with an empty netter with 40.9 seconds remaining in regulation.

UP NEXT
With Saturday's (Jan. 15) game at Dartmouth postponed, the Bears are scheduled to return to action next Friday, January 21 at home against Cornell.