“[Golen] is very unselfish, very humble,” Delaney-Smith said. “With her technique and her touch, if I could get her to have more of a scorer’s mentality, she could be one of the best to ever play here.”

Though the game began and ended with the seniors’ successes—the made-three point shot to start the game and the running jumper to cap off the winning run—Louie and Barry were quick to shift the emphasis back to their teammates.

“There was a lot riding on these games this weekend,” Louie explained. “To see the team come together and really pull for each other was amazing. Our saying for the weekend was, ‘What are you going to do for your teammates?’ And I think that was a really integral part of how we played as well as how our emotions played into the game.”

Brogan agreed with her co-captain, stressing the important role of the team’s camaraderie in its victories.

“I think we’re a team that plays off of each other very well,” Brogan concluded. “A few of the girls came up to me and said, ‘We’re playing for you tonight.’ That really makes you want to go out and do the best you can. It was amazing to see everyone working so hard for us this weekend. It could not have better.”

—Staff writer Juliet Spies-Gans can be reached at jspiesgans@college.harvard.edu.