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>cccv Women's Hockey Third in NCAA Office of Sports Information In their second consecutive NCAA Frozen Four, the Saints were hoping to reverse a trend when they faced the Harvard Crimson in the 2005 NCAA Semi-finals last Friday after- noon. However it was not to be as St. Lawrence fell to Harvard 4-1 at the Whittemore Center in. Durham, N:H.. Harvard struck first when Nicole Corriero scored, her 59th goal of the season at 6:29 in. the first period. Junior Laurie Ross went to the Saints penalty box at 5:27 for tripping putting the Crimson on the power play. From the point, Julie Chu took a pass from Sarah Vaillancourt and sent the puck down to Corriero who was sitting on the back post. Corriero onertimed the puck into the goal for the early 1-0 lead. Seconds before Ashley Banfield nearly scored for the Crimson on a similar play, but St. Lawrence netminder Jess Moffat '06 came up with two big saves. Skating four-on-four with Ross and the Crimson's Ashley Banfield in their respective pen- alty boxes, Harvard struck again. Lindsay Weaver wristed a shot from the point and an on- rushing Vaillancourt one-timed the puck past Moffat to give Harvard a 2-0 lead at 10:06 in the period. The Saints responded to start 4he second with a power-play goal of their own. Liza Solley went to the Crimson penalty box for body checking at 18:45 in the first. St. Lawrence took the ice to start the second with 45 seconds of power play. At the blue line, junior Kate Michael stopped a Crimson attempt' to clear the zone and sent the puck to senior captain Reb.ecca Russell who fired a shot on the Harvard net. Crimson netminder Ali Boe made the ini- tial save - , but sophomore Chelsea Grills was. there to clean up the rebound and cut the Harvard lead to 2^1 just 31 seconds into the second period with her 20th goal of the sea- son. Russell, the Saints all-time career assist leader, picked up her 100th career assist on the goal. The teams spent over seven minutes to start the second in the Harvard defensive zone as the Saints pounded the Crim- son net. But at 7:34, Russell was sent to the penalty box for roughing after running into Boe. Harvard responded with their third power-play goal of the game at 8:21. Moffat\ stopped a Chu shot but Vaillancourt was on the back door and fired the loose puck into the Saints net to push the Crimson lead back to 3-1. Harvard extended its lead to 4-1 when Vaillancourt scored with 3:09 remaining in the pe- riod on a Crimson five-on-three. Seconds prior to the goal, Moffat made a tremendous pad save on Corriero who was waiting back door. With 2:40 remaining in the period, Moffat made yet an-. other outstanding save for the Saints on Vaillancourt. Corriero sent a the puck to Vaillancourt who was all alone in front of the Saints net but Moffat denied her. With a five-on-four advantage, junior Emilie Berlinguette along the boards, found senior Christin Powers all alone in front. Powers one-timed the puck just wide and -was then taken down by Harvard's Car- rie Schroyer. Schroyer was sent to the box for cross-checking and the Saints were given a five-on- three advantage for 1:45. That changed, to a four-on : three at 13:16 when first-year student Annie Guay was sent to the pen- alty box for obstruction-holding. Twenty seconds later, the Saints appeared to capitalize when sophomore Abbie Bullafd fired a slap-shot from the point that ricocheted off the crossbar arid down. The official ruled it a goal, but after reviewing the video, it was waved off. That Sunday, the Women's Team was looking to end their „season on a winning note as they faced Dartmouth, in the Third-Place Game. With a 5-1 win over, the Big Green Sunday afternoon, St. Lawrence finished third at the NCAA Frozen Four for. the second consecutive sea- son and tied a school record with .28 wins. The win also marked the 100th of the Saints senior class, the most ever wins for a class. The seniors finished their' careers with a record of 100-37- 14 (.708). -Russell tied a Frozen Four record with five points (3 goals, 2 assists) in the game. She is also just the fifth player to record a hat trick in the Fro- zen Four. Just five minutes in to the opening period, netminder Meaghan Guckian '08 came up with a huge save to keepthe Big Green off the scoreboard. Gillian Apps skated in all alone on Guckian as Apps tried to beat her stick-side, but Guckian came up with the save. Russell gave the Saints a 1-0 lead mid- Way through the first period when she scared her 30th goal of the season. Junior assistant captain Tracy Muzerall, from behind the Saints net, passed the puck out to Russell. She pulled in the pass and skated up the ice and through the Dartmouth defense. From the fight face-off circle, Russell wristed a shot that went top- shelf over Kate Lane on her glove-side. Sophomore Kim Kodatsky. pushed the Saints lead to 2-0 with just 1:50 to play in the opening period. Sophomore Crystal Connors pulled in a pass from Russell in the neu- tral zone and skated in on the Big Green net! She fired a shot from just outside the crease and Lane deflected the shot, but the puck skidded across the crease. Laying on the ice and with Lane down, Kodatsky poked the puck into the open net for her fifth of the season. . Apps cut the lead to 2-1 as time expired in the second pe- riod. Carrie Thompson sent her the puck at. the Saints blue line and she skated in on a breakaway. As she closed in on the net, she held the puck and forced Guckian down and then lifted the puck over her glove- side to end Guckian's bid at a shutout. Just one minute into the final period, Sabrina Harbec '08 tried to extend St. Lawrence's lead as she broke in on the Dartmouth net with a Big Green defenseman. She made a move that beat the defenseman and then tried to tuck the puck between the post and Lane's skate but hit the * post. <• Russell scored her second of the game when Katie Weatherston went to the pen- alty box for cross-checking at 3:32 in the final stanza. Jun- ior Emilie Berlinguette fed a pass, to Harbec along the boards behind the Dartmouth red line. Harbec sent the puck out to Russell who wristed the shot over Lane's stick-side shoulder at 4:14 for her 11th power-play goal of the season. Harbec pushed the lead to 4-1 when she scored at 8:54 after Alana BreMiller went to the penalty box for hooking at 8:43.. Russell fired a shot on the Big Green net and Lane de- flected the shot but it rico- cheted off Berlinguette's skate where Harbec picked it up in the slot and fired it over Lane for her 16th of the season. Russell completed her hat trick at 18:19 in the third when she scored her 12th power-play goal of the season. Notes: The Saints played a school record 41 games this season, excluding a January 5 exhibition game against McGill. Russell^ the school's all-time points and assists leader finished her career •with 178 points on 76 goals and 102 assists. She eclipsed the career points mark by 26 points and the career assists mark 23. She finished one shy of tying Caroline Trudeau's ('01) record of 77 career goals. In the last two seasons, the Saints are 37- .1-1 when Russell scores. Senior assistant captain Whitney Carbone, the school's all-time career games played leader, played in 148 games in her -four seasons. The Saints look to next year and a great recruiting class to hopefully improve. THEJOCK STRIP Lennon Rubin . Columnist I went to bed last night utterly disgusted with professional sports. Sportscenter was a cesspool of complaints, grievances; steroids, violations, cheaters, domestic situations, heart attacks, untimely deaths and many instances of aduits acting like seven-year-olds. But when I woke up this morning I picked up my newspaper and out of habit happened to glance at, the sports page. What I saw completely rejuvenated my interest. Barry Bonds apologizes to media, says not all their fault. Pete Rose allowed into Hall of Fame, no hard feelings. Jose Conseco admits to minor exaggerations in his book. A-Rod and Trot Nixon have lunch together, bury the hatchet. NHL owners and players agree on new deal, both admitting the other was right. Coach K turns down endorsement deal. NBA decides to end its season today citing \nobody really cares.\ Sharapova offered $25 million to do all nude tennis match for Pay Per View. Saint Lawrence University wins bid to host 2022 Men's Divi- sion'1 basketball Final Four. Dean Petty shocks NCAA by politely declining the winning bid to host Final Four. Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. THE CASUAL OBSERVER EvanKivlen Sports Editor Ah, opening day. Just like spring, a rebirth of sorts; a chance for the teams in the lowly basements of the divisions around the American and National Leagues to rekindle the spirit that they may be playing for something more than just a paycheck. In lieu of the recent Congressional steroid hearings, fans can sit down with one another and enjoy the game for what it should be: America's national pastime. And what a game for opening day! I can't think of any other game that I'd rather see for the first professional baseball game of the year. Want to hear something disgusting? Tickets behind the Yankees dugout for Sunday night's game are selling for $883.00 for the pair,' according to www.stubhub.com . - The ALCS is a natural precursor for excitement surrounding this match-up, but the other happenings this off-season add to the fervor that will envelop Sunday's game. The starting pitchers: Boomer and the Big Unit. Thanks to the injury of Curt Schilling, David Wells gets the opportunity-to pitch against the team that meant so much to him. A huge Babe Ruth fan, Wells will be sporting the famed number \3\ on his Red Sox jersey this season... How cute. On the same mound; the much anticipated Yankee debut of Randy Johnson will take place. Yankee fans arid George Steinbrenner have been anxiously waiting this very moment for approximately three years how. Even though he will blow out 42 candles on his birthday cake in September, the Unit is still hold ing strong - hitting 94 mph on the radar gun in his firll start in spring training. The^ pitching staffs as a whole: The most gaping hole in.the Yankees roster was their, lack of a decent starting rotation. This, eventually, was taken advantage of in the playoffs. But, to add to Mike Mussina and Kevin Brown, the Yankees acquired Jaret Wright, Carl Pavano, and Mr. Johnson. Yankees fan or not, you have to marvel at the amount oftalent that Pitching Coach Mel Stottlemyre and Manager Joe Torre have to choose from. While the Red Sox had quite the imposing pitching, staff last season, there are two huge holes left in the absence \6i Derek Lowe (to the Dodgers) and Pedro Martinez (to the Mets). While they were able to hold onto the workhorse Curt Schilling and the. young sparkplug Bronson Arroyo, they will undoubtedly feel the absence of these two aces. • . •- Regardless of what games you watch or how many, opening day will seem likeabreath of fresh air to these players as well as the fans. A way to finally get away from all of the steroid allegations and simply play ball will be a much welcomed opportunity- As the sun melts away the snow and the greenery begins to rise again, so does the hope for a fresh new start to the 2005 Major. League Base- ball Season.
