“We know how important special teams is, and to be as successful in that area as we were [on Saturday] is also definitely a positive,” Bellamy said. “You don’t want to have eight penalties every game, but we did a great job killing them off. It was a team effort. We know we can depend on each other in penalty kill.”
Bellamy had a strong night between the pipes, recording 26 saves on the day. The junior netminder currently owns a .943 save percentage.
“It’s so huge for us that she’s been playing so well,” Pucci said. “It just gives us confidence, [because] she’s so strong in the back. We know we can depend on her back there. … She’s continuing to get better every day, and that’s definitely a big plus for our team.”
Down 5-0 at the start of the final frame, the Saints tallied their only goal of the game at 12:54.
But Harvard answered quickly, as Dempsey closed out the scoring for both teams with an empty net goal less than four minutes later.
—Staff writer Catherine E. Coppinger can be reached at ccoppinger@college.harvard.edu.