No. 15 Harvard Tops No. 19 Delaware, 2-0

Friday, September 10

Newark, DE

5:00 p.m.

University of Delaware

(2-3)

Harvard University

(3-0)

Harvard

Delaware

Photo by: Mark Campbell

9/10/2021 6:40:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score Photo Gallery (MC)

NEWARK, Del. – No. 19 Delaware battled No. 15 Harvard under the lights on Friday night at Rullo Stadium. The Crimson came away with the 2-0 decision with one goal in each half.

Harvard scored in the first period to take a 1-0 lead on the Blue Hens. Harvard's goal came on a penalty corner when Hannah Pearce guided the ball in after a double assist by Mazarine Brose and Mimi Tarrant.

The Crimson had a breakaway early in the fourth period that pulled Delaware's Lizzie Gaebel out of the goal to pick up its second score of the night.

Ellie Shahbo registered six saves in the net for Harvard, as the Crimson improved to 3-0 on the season. Harvard tallied nine shots in the game with five on goal.

Delaware had 11 shots in the game with six on goal. Gaebel made three saves for the Blue Hens, who also had five corners in the game. Delaware falls to 2-3 on the season.

The Blue Hens travel to No. 9 Penn State for a 12 p.m. match-up on Sunday.

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THOUGHTS FROM COACH VAN DE KERKHOF
"Congrats to Harvard. The difference was they capitalized on two of their opportunities and we didn't on some of ours. We missed the connection within our team setting and have learned to play simpler, demand more from ourselves and stop looking at a teammate to do it for the team. This is a team sport which requires team work and effort in order to compete for the win. Tomorrow we will use our walk through to make some adjustments and watch back today's game footage to put ourselves in a position to rebuild the connection and energy we displayed during opening weekend so we can be excited to face Penn State on Sunday."