Sekela scored the second goal of that 3-2 Harvard loss, putting in the rebound of a Macri slapshot. Sekela, the Big Green's starting catcher, is the only hockey player besides King that gets a significant amount of playing time. She has suffered from mental lapses during games since the hockey season ended, hitting a paltry .189 in 20 games this season.
Harvard has one women's hockey player on its roster-senior Crystal Springer-starting goaltender by winter and third-baseman by spring.
Although King and Sekela played a crucial role to the disappointing end to her hockey career, the revenge factor plays only a secondary role in Springer's mind.
"Beating them would be nice," Springer said. "But I think of them as two completely separate teams. The fact that Dartmouth is our top competition in the Ivy is the No. 1reason to beat them."
Springer has shown absolutely no ill effects from her delayed entrance to the softball season. She is presently the Crimson's leading hitter, with an average that has flirted with the .500 mark.
"I come into the season so late off of hockey, I feel like I'm playing catchup with the rest of the players," Springer said.
Springer refuses to allow Harvard's recent Ivy success to make her team overconfident on Thursday.
"We haven't won anything yet," Springer notes.
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