This weekend, fourth-year forward Colin Blackwell helped the Harvard men’s ice hockey team advance past Brown into the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals with two goals on Friday and the game-winner on Saturday. Several other Crimson athletes also had particularly impressive performances this week:
Sarah Edney, Women’s Ice Hockey
Senior defenseman Sarah Edney took Most Outstanding Player honors in Potsdam, N.Y., this weekend as the Harvard women's ice hockey team captured its first ECAC title since 2008.
On Saturday, Edney provided the tying goal midway through the third period to force overtime in a 2-1 Crimson win over Quinnipiac in the semifinal. The Ontario native continued to shine in the final against Cornell the next day, as she kick-started the Crimson’s eventual 7-3 win by scoring the team's first and third goals. Her unassisted strike at 3:59 in the third period gave Harvard its first lead of the game less than a minute after she provided the primary assist on freshman Karly Heffernan's tying goal.
Jimmy Vesey, Men’s Ice Hockey
Junior forward Jimmy Vesey is no stranger to outstanding performances – he recently received Ivy League Player of the Year honors. This weekend, Vesey did not disappoint in the ECAC Tournament action against Brown.
On Friday, Vesey scored two goals, which brought his tally up to 24 goals this year. He also assisted on the game's first goal on his way to his his sixth three-point game this season.
Vesey upped both of these season stats on Saturday with a goal and two assists. Vesey is the first Harvard player to reach the 50-point plateau since Dominic Moore ’03 (51 points) did so during the 2002-2003 season.
David Ng, Wrestling
This weekend at the EIWA Championships, senior wrestler David Ng was a standout competitor in a challenging tournament for the Crimson. Despite injuries to his teammates, Ng finished fifth after going 4-2 in the tournament. The senior advanced to the fifth place match after narrowly missing a spot in the third place match in a tiebreaker.
Not only did this fifth place victory secure Ng the fifth and final bid for the heavyweight NCAA championship, but it was also Ng's highest career finish at the EIWA Championships. Having come in eighth in his sophomore year and seventh in his junior year, Ng advanced in the rankings by defeating Garrett Ryan of Columbia, 2-0, to clinch the win.
This wasn’t Ng’s first meeting with Ryan – Ng had lost to Ryan only the day before in the quarterfinal of the championship bracket, 3-1. However, Ng bounced back from this loss by defeating Ryan after an extremely close match. Ng will continue to represent Harvard at the NCAA championships on March 19 in St. Louis.
Miye D’Oench, Women’s Ice Hockey
Junior forward Miye D’Oench scored a controversial goal against Quinnipiac 2:39 into the overtime period Saturday to clinch a spot in the ECAC final.
D’Oench directed the puck into the back of the Quinnipiac net after the puck bounced off her chest near the crease. After a lengthy review, the goal stood.
D’Oench would continue to score in the championship with a power play assist and an empty net goal.
