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Women's Soccer To Face Ivy Rival Lions

This season, the Lions have attempted 162 shots as a team, with 74 of those coming on on-goal attempts and 16 making it into the net. Junior midfielders Beverly Leon and Coleen Rizzo have brought the offensive power and the duo leads the team in goals with six each. Leon has attempted 30 shots while Rizzo trails closely with 28.

Sophomore goalkeeper Grace Redmon has netted a save percentage of .812 this year, seizing 69 shots during the course of the year.

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“Columbia’s going to be a really good team,” Kanten said. “They’ve been doing really well this season and scoring lots of goals. I think we’re just going to have to be prepared for that and stay focused even though we know it’s our last game.”

The Crimson is fresh off a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Dartmouth last weekend. The game saw Big Green forward Tasha Wilkins fire off two goals on Kanten, who had seven saves for the game and attempted the only shot on goal for Harvard. Kanten’s season average is 3.6 saves per game.

The sophomore prepares to close out her season with a save percentage of .752 over 58 saves.

“We were disappointed that we didn’t come out strong and make Dartmouth respond to us,” Johnson said. “I think we’re going to try to practice that mindset of coming out and initiating the game against Columbia. That’s how we hope to be moving forward.”

As the Crimson is out of contention for the title, and thus will not be likely to make the NCAA tournament, this may be the last time that the seniors suit up in Crimson.

“We love our seniors so much,” Kanten said. “It’s going to be a big day for us be able to celebrate that, to play for them, to show them how much we care about them, and how much they mean to us by playing hard and getting a win for them on their Senior Day.”

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