Laxwomen Gun Down Low-Flying Eagles

The Harvard women's lacrosse team went hunting for Eagles Saturday and returned with a 13-4 win over Boston College.

After losses at Temple and Loyola College over spring break, "We needed a big win," Crimson Co-Captain Leelee Groome said.

After B.C. managed to create a 2-2 tie early in the game, Harvard responded by scoring 11 of the final 12 goals.

Harvard (2-0 Ivy, 3-2 overall) was led in scoring by senior Kate Felsen (five goals) and sophomore Char Joslin (four). In addition, Groome added four assists and sophomore Nicole De Horatius added two goals. Freshman Tory Fair scored a goal to complement her two assists. Katie McAnaney's goal rounded out the scoring.

McAnaney also started her first game at center, helping the Crimson to control several draws, something that plagued the team in its two losses.

While the team has been involved in more exciting contests this season, playing B.C. "allowed us to take some risky shots and be relaxed," Groome said. "We played well, and everbody got a chance to play."

I'm Bad

Not only did the game put another slash in the "W" column for Harvard, but it allowed them to regain confidence.

"I was happy to see that we could score against man-to-man and zone defenses," Felsen said. "BC always has a good group of athletes, but they emphasize field hockey."

While Harvard was playing the non-league contest, Penn was in Hanover upsetting Ivy League rival Dartmouth in triple overtime. The result placed the Crimson in the enviable position of being the only remaining undefeated team in the Ivies. Having already defeated Penn and Princeton, Harvard must still face Cornell, Brown, Yale and Dartmouth on its road to the Ivy League crown, which players insist is their number one priority.