“It’s just about when we have the ball, keeping it better,” Leone said. “[Boston College] is such a great attacking team that you don’t have the ball very much, so when you do have it, you try to keep it.”
Sheeleigh is Harvard’s leading scorer with eight goals, five assists, and 28 shots on goal. Sophomore Melanie Baskind comes in a close second with six assists and four goals, two of which came in last weekend’s victory over Columbia. The Crimson also has five more players with multiple goals on the season.
Harvard’s offense and defense will need to play at the top of their games in order to take down the Eagles, a team many recognize as one of the best in the country.
“I mean, they’ve only lost to two teams this whole season,” Leone said, “North Carolina and Florida State—top 10 teams in the nation, basically.”
But the Crimson players remain confident in spite of the hype.
“BC’s a great team, no doubt about it, “ Nichols said. “But they’re definitely a beatable one, and we’re going to do everything we can to stay in this tournament.”