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W. Hockey Falls Short at Frozen Four

After gritty win, Crimson ends up in third place

A goal from Shewchuk--the last of a school-record 152 on her career--put Harvard on the scoreboard first. The goal was created in large part by sophomore defenseman Jaime Hagerman, who was used aggressively on the attack throughout the tournament.

Hagerman started the attack with a shot from the point that was offline, but Ingram was left free to dig out the puck from behind the net. From there she found Shewchuk in front for the score.

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The Crimson paid the price for leaving Hagerman in the offensive zone late in the first, as Dartmouth senior linemates Jennifer Wiehn and Kristina Guarino broke free on an odd-man rush. Hagerman nearly made it back in time to stop the play, but Guarino put the puck inside the left post to tie the game.

Harvard's first line would break the tie on its first shift following the game-tying goal, when Ingram crashed the net and put back a loose rebound off a Shewchuk shot to give Harvard a 2-1 lead going into the first intermission.

The assist was Shewchuk's 155th of her career and her 307th career point--the last of her collegiate career.

"When I look back on my career, I won't remember any of the 300-whatever points, but I will remember every one of my teammates, especially the people that played with me this year," said Shewchuk, who was the only Crimson player to make the All-Tournament Team. "I'll remember the bus rides, the joking, and all the awesome people I got to play with day in and day out. It's going to be really strange not to play with them anymore. Harvard has always been my home away from home, and this has always been my team."

Late in the third period, the Dartmouth offense showed no sign of being able to get the puck past the Harvard defense and freshman goaltender Jessica Ruddock. The only suspense left was whether Botterill would be held pointless for the first time in her 81-game career.

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