Icewomen Win As Fischer Nets Hat

Rebounding from a decisive 10-0 loss to Boston State two days earlier, the women's ice hockey team broke open a close contest Saturday afternoon with four third-period goals en route to a 6-1 exhibition victory over Concord Academy at Walter Brown Arena.

Julie Starr, replacing Tania Huber at center on the number one line of Huber, Sara Fischer and Meg Streeter, combined with Streeter to set up leftwinger Fischer for a third period hat trick, her first of the season. Two of her three goals came with the Crimson a man up.

Lauren Norton also contributed a late score as Harvard skated to its second win of the week and of the season. Victory number one, after a winless December, arrived last Wednesday as the Crimson upset Dartmouth, 5-3.

Joe Bertagna's squad jumped off to a 2-0 lead in the first stanza on goals by Alice Hill, who put the puck past her sister Jessie to open the scoring, and Firkins Reed.

Senior netminder Nelia Worsley kept the green-clad Concordians off the board for two periods until the Crimson offense got untracked.

LINE CHANGES: After a few weeks of rigors less interesting than hockey, Harvard next faces B.U. at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 4 at Walter Brown...One more Ivy game remains, at home against Yale on Feb. 10, before the Crimson travels down to Providence for the league tournament Feb. 23-24...As usual, the Crimson has relied on a small offensive nucleus to get on the scoreboard. But coach Joe Bertagna credited the entire squad with across the board improvement after Wednesday's win against Dartmouth: "Everyone is contributing, and we're playing much better positional hockey than before."