Both Harvard and UMD have a number of national team members and some prolific goalscorers.

But during this weekend’s two-game set, both teams found depth to be the deciding factor—a factor that Stone alluded to a few weeks ago as one of the advantages Harvard holds over the WCHA teams it has faced.

On Saturday five of UMD’s six goals came from its second liners, including two apiece from Allison Lehrke—who also added a pair of assists—and Jessica Koizumi.

Koizumi added her 11th goal of the season in yesterday’s matchup—a key goal that knotted the score at 2-2 with 5:26 left.

“One thing I noticed about their scoring was that it was pretty spread out,” Corriero said. “They got production from several different players as opposed to relying on one or two players. It’s a testament to the kind of depth they have been able to develop.”

For the Crimson, Corriero once again had her hand in the majority of Harvard’s goals, but two of the three goals yesterday came from unusual sources this season.

Chu, who has been a playmaker this season and has registered 13 assists, scored her third goal of the game. Sophomore Lindsey Weaver scored a shorthanded goal for Harvard—its second on the season.

For Weaver, it was only her first tally this year.

Although the Crimson offense has been potent to date, players like Chu—who has been moving around between offensive and defensive roles—who put more goals into the net last year, have found themselves in a different role this year in which they have fewer chances.

“We still have to develop and find the right combination,” Chu said. “Just because we have one combination doesn’t mean that’s the way it goes.”

At the same time, when it came down to the tensest moment of the weekend—overtime yesterday—it was one of the best players on the ice who stepped up in a big way.

After Harvard shut down the UMD first line all weekend, Caroline Ouellette took charge and beat Harvard netminder Ali Boe with a hard shot to win the game.

LOOKING OUT WEST

While Harvard was playing WCHA powerhouse UMD this weekend, the other two top teams in that conference faced off against each other.

After both Wisconsin and Minnesota registered two victories in Cambridge last weekend at the Harvard Shootout, the two teams played each other in a two-game set this weekend.