LEADING THE PACK

After finishing second on the team last season with 22 points, a lot of expectations were set on co-captain Melanie Baskind, one of the few veterans left in the Crimson attack.

The game against Princeton once again showed why the senior is so important to the success of the team.

To start the second half, Leone rested the starter, who had run around Princeton’s defense for most of the first half, highlighted by a neat move near the net that left a defender stumbling behind.

The Tigers took advantage of the Crimson’s key playmaker’s absence, keeping freshman goalkeeper Bethany Kanten busy with shot after shot.

But the second goal came once Baskind was inserted back into the lineup over 10 minutes into the period.

A quality outlet pass to rookie Meg Casscells-Hamby freed the midfielder forward and instead of taking the shot, Casscells-Hamby selflessly passed it off to a sprinting Baskind for the easy score. The two speedsters were too much for the Princeton defense to handle.

With two games left in the campaign, the senior has a good chance of adding to her current 21 points—which lead the Ivy League—and exceeding last year’s total. With most of the plays involving her feet, Baskind will definitely have a say in the season’s final outcome.

—Staff writer Brian A. Campos can be reached at bcampos@fas.harvard.edu.