Just like the commencement of the opening period, the Crimson allowed a goal within the first five minutes of the second and third frames, as well.

Defensive lapses on the side of the No. 8 Crimson proved to be crucial in its 4-2 loss against No. 6 Boston College on Tuesday night.

When Harvard needed it most against ECAC rivals, Jill Dempsey proved to be the spark to the offensive engine.

The No. 7/8 Harvard women’s hockey team rode a dominant second period to an easy 10-1 victory over Princeton on Saturday at the Bright Hockey Center.

Coming out of the locker for the third period down a goal, the No. 7/8 Harvard women’s hockey team skated to center ice as the loudspeaker in Bright Hockey Center blared the Black Eyed Peas’ 2004 dance hit, “Let’s Get It Started.”

The No. 7/8 Harvard women’s hockey team lost, 5-2, to Boston University on Tuesday at the Walter Brown Arena in Boston, Massachusetts.

The first-round Beanpot matchup between the No. 7/8 Harvard women’s hockey team and crosstown rival Boston University was expected to be a physical one.

On the eve of its semifinal matchup in the 34th annual women’s Beanpot, the No. 8 Harvard women’s hockey team had one thing on its mind: a chance at retribution.

Coming off an 8-0 clobbering of Yale, the No. 8/9 Harvard women’s hockey team continued to find the back of the net against Brown, cruising to a 3-0 victory Saturday afternoon at Meehan Auditorium in Providence, R.I.

After taking a look at half of the first-round matchups on the women's side, we now examine two more faceoffs between Harvard's top female athletes: squash's Laura Gemmell v. skiing's Rebecca Nadler and fencing's Alexandra Kiefer v. hockey's Josephine Pucci.