Icewomen March Over Elis, 9-2; Power-play Goals Seal Victory

Hell hath no fury like the wrath of the Harvard women's hockey team scorned.

The Crimson, which was denied the Beanpot title by Northeastern on Valentine's Day, unleashed the brunt of its fury on a hapless Yale team, beating the Elis, 9-2, last night at Bright Hockey Center.

The win improved Harvard's record to 14-6-1 overall, 7-0-1 Ivy, while Yale dropped to 4-9-1, 0-8 Ivy.

"We came off a really bad loss [Tuesday] night, so we were really pumped up for tonight," junior Martina Albright said.

"They're back on track," Harvard Coach John Dooley said.

Harvard scored the first of four power-play goals at 7:41 in the first period when Tri-Captain Julia Trotman pushed in a shot sent in by freshman Bev Stickles.

"When you take a lot of dumb penalties, you can't expect to challenge a strong team like Harvard," Yale Coach Vic Russo said.

Hat Trick

Junior Char Joslin, who last year registered a hat trick against Yale, tallied her 24th point of the season at the end of the first period. She glided across the middle, knocking the puck past goaltender Captain Tiff Bingham to give Harvard a 2-0 lead.

Yale thought it was going to with-stand the Crimson's frenzied attack when it scored at the 1:10 mark of the second period to narrow the score to 2-1. The Elis' leading scorer Heather Gold, who was camped out in front of the Harvard net, flicked the puck past Harvard goaltender Jen White.

Wolfram Howls

The Crimson picked up right where it left off two minutes later. Senior Catherine Wolfram made a sensational tip-in, just lifting a pass from junior defender Nina Simonds above Bingham's outstretched glove.

"Catherine made the major league goal of the night," Dooley said.

Tri-Captain Brita Lind scored off a feed from freshman Sandra Whyte during Harvard's second power play opportunity. Whyte tallied an unassisted goal of her own, and Stickles took advantage of another Yale penalty to make the score 6-1.

Harvard and Yale both replaced their starting goalies at the beginning of the third period. The tactic proved to be a failure for the Elis when its sub, freshman Maureen Magauran, was whistled for slashing.

Lind scored seconds later, keeping intact Harvard's perfect record on power play opportunities, and Yale sent Bingham back in for the rest of the game.

"I thought we stayed with [Harvard] pretty well in the first period, but after that we just went to hell in a handbasket," Russo said.

Harvard junior Martina Albright stuffed in a shot, assisted by Stickles and freshman Ginny Simonds, at 3:33, and Whyte wrapped up Harvard's scoring at 7:10.

Yale senior Cheryl Camillo sent a pass from defender Denyse Finn past Harvard goalie Gillian D'Souza at 11:32, making the final score, 9-2.

"We needed an easy game, so I think this definitely came at a good time," White said.

Harvard faces second-place Princeton, which it defeated in the 1988 Ivy League Championships, this Saturday at 1 p.m. in Bright. This game will help determine if the Crimson repeats as regular-season champs.

"It's going to be one of the hardest games for us mentally and physically," Lind said. "They're not going to hand us the Ivy Championships on a silver platter."