1999-2000 Schedule/Results
1999-2000 Statistics

Harvard 5, Northeastern 3
Sun. Jan. 9, 2000
Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)

Harvard’s Tammy Shewchuk scored a hat trick Sunday to lead the No. 2 Crimson to a 5-3 win over top-ranked Northeastern at Matthews Arena.

Northeastern rookie Kim Vallone opened the scoring just two minutes into the game with her third career goal right on the doorstep of Harvard netminder Crystal Springer. But the Crimson came storming back, with three goals in the span of 4:10, including a power play goal by Shewchuk.

The Huskies got one back early in the second period when junior Betsy Dyke sent a tricky wrister in from the blueline that fooled Springer. Near the 10-minute mark, NU sniper Hilary Witt appeared to score the equalizer on a breakaway, but it was ruled that she hit the goalpost. Less than a minute later, Harvard’s Angie Francisco hit the post at the other end.

Harvard made it 4-2 when sophomore blueliner Angela Ruggiero punched in a rebound of a shot by teammate Jennifer Botterill on a 4-on-4 situation. The Crimson retained control of the contest until late in the period when Ruggiero was whistled for hooking at 16:59. Husky coach Heather Linstad gambled by pulling starting goaltender Erika Silva during the ensuing power play, and it paid off when junior Lisa Giovanelli scored to make it a 4-3 NU deficit with just under two minutes to play.

Silva was again pulled in the closing minute, and Shewchuk found the open net to complete the hat trick. Silva finished with 30 saves in the game, including multiple point-blank stops and a few impressive glove saves. Springer was equally impressive, as she remained undefeated on the year in a 29-save outing.

With the win, Harvard improves to 11-2-2 and jumps into sole possession of first place in the ECAC at 9-2-2. Northeastern drops to 13-3-2 overall and 8-2-2 in conference play.

Scoring:

1st Period:
NOE 02:01 Kim Vallone (Hilary Witt)
HAR 06:22 Tammy Shewchuk (Jennifer Botterill, Angie Francisco)
HAR 08:21 PP Tammy Shewchuk (Angela Ruggiero, Jamie Hagerman)
HAR 10:32 Jennifer Botterill (Tammy Shewchuk, Angie Francisco)

2nd Period:
NOE 04:34 Betsy Dyke (Erine Metcalf)

3rd Period:
HAR 06:59 Angela Ruggiero (Tammy Shewchuk, Angie Francisco)
NOE 18:04 PP Lisa Giovanelli (Erine Metcalf, Hilary Witt)
HAR 19:44 PP Tammy Shewchuk (Jennifer Botterill)

Harvard Goaltending:

	1st	2nd	3rd	Total	Minutes
Crystal Springer	10	9	10	29	60:00

Northeastern Goaltending:

	1st	2nd	3rd	Total	Minutes
Erika Silva	10	10	10	30	57:15
EMPTY NET					0:49
Erika Silva	0	0	0	0	1:03
EMPTY NET					0:37
Erika Silva	0	0	0	0	0:16

Harvard Power-Play: 2/3

Northeastern Power-Play: 1/4

Penalties:

1st Period:
HAR 03:52 Christie MacKinnon  (2 - Interference)
NOE 06:40 Erine Metcalf  (2 - Roughing)
HAR 14:14 Angela Ruggiero  (2 - Roughing)

2nd Period:

3rd Period:
HAR 05:27 Jamie Notman  (2 - Roughing)
NOE 06:14 Jennie Setaro  (2 - Hooking)
HAR 16:59 Angela Ruggiero  (2 - Hooking)
NOE 18:28 Colleen Coen  (2 - Interference)
NOE 19:53 Erine Metcalf  (2 - Roughing)
HAR 19:53 Angie Francisco  (2 - Roughing)

Harvard Penalties: 5 for 10

Northeastern Penalties: 4 for 8