Not all heroes put on capes.
Tuesday evening at TD Backyard, it was a Crimson No. 1 and No. 14 as an alternative.
Largely fueled by one other distinctive displaying in web from Duxbury native Ainsley Tuffy (46 saves), Harvard returned to Girls’s Beanpot supremacy by beating Boston College in extra time, 2-1, within the event remaining.
Carla McSweeney scored the game-winning purpose 1:17 into the additional interval, lifting the Crimson (11-10-1) to their first Beanpot title since 2022 and their sixteenth general. Northeastern, which was denied a fourth straight title by the Terriers (7-13-3) in a shocking semifinal loss final week, is tied with Harvard for essentially the most in event historical past.
Harvard and BU have been in a 1-1 standstill after the primary two intervals, with Harvard handicapped by 4 penalties within the second interval inside a uncommon, undisciplined displaying. The Crimson had seven whole infractions, regardless of getting into the matchup averaging lower than six penalty minutes per sport.
Harvard stood sturdy to beat it although, staving off wave after wave of BU strain to finally power extra time. McSweeney took a free puck off a block from the Crimson d-zone and went end-to-end to attract a penalty shot. Harvard opted to offer the first-year proper wing the possibility to win it, and she or he delivered with a left-to-right transfer that beat BU goalie Mari Pietersen (14 saves). The purpose was McSweeney’s eighth of the yr.
Coming off a 40-save outing in opposition to Boston School in final week’s Beanpot semifinal, Tuffy once more stole the present once more with a hefty workload all through.
Harvard received on the board first within the opening two minutes, with Andover native Gwyn Lapp ending off a tough bounce in entrance for a 1-0 lead. BU generated 13 pictures on Tuffy within the first interval, although, it received one previous her on an influence play that Greta Henderson tipped over her shoulder off a shot from Maeve Kelly on the proper level. Three of these pictures even got here shorthanded in the course of the Terriers’ first penalty kill, shortly after they tied the rating.
The Terriers’ strain solely ramped up from there, aided by the Crimson’s four-penalty second interval. BU was relentless on the assault, producing 18 pictures on Tuffy within the body because it produced a number of high quality seems to be on the within.
Harvard entered the evening with a .844 penalty kill proportion, and it went an ideal 4-for-4 within the body to maintain it even getting into the final 20 minutes of regulation. After the Terriers scored on their first energy play, it went 0-for-6 the remainder of the way in which.
Tuffy’s 16 saves within the second, together with a pair of heart-stopping stuffs within the remaining minute, sealed a memorable efficiency for the ages that earned her Beanpot MVP honors.
