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No. 2 W. Hockey Faces Familiar Foe in No. 4 UNH

The overtime hero last season was sophomore center Jen Botterill (22 goals, 20 assists), who scored the championship-winning goal to earn the

AWCHA Tournament MVP award.

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Botterill missed two games earlier this month with a groin injury, but last week she scored four goals and was named Beanpot MVP after tallying the game-winner in the extra period.

"Clearly, Jennifer Botterill is back at 100 percent," Stone said. "She is so explosive and dangerous with or without the puck. When you watch her play, you know she loves it. The bigger the situation, the bigger she plays."

Botterill is just one of the talented players that will skate at Bright tomorrow night. Harvard and UNH feature eight of the ECAC's top 13 scorers.

Botterill works with junior forwards Tammy Shewchuk (27 g, 28 a) and Angie Francisco (14 g, 29 a) and sophomore defenseman Angela Ruggiero (13 g, 25 a). UNH is led by senior forward Carisa Zaban (33 g, 34 a), the conference's leading scorer, and three classmates in Samm Holmes (24 g, 18 a), Melissa McKenzie (16 g, 19 a) and Tina Carrabba (17 g, 18 a).

Both goaltenders will be tested. Harvard will send experienced senior Crystal Springer (2.07 GAA, .913 save percentage) between the pipes while

UNH will rely on rookie netminder Jen Huggon (1.73 GAA, .921).

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