The victory ended the team's three-game slide, and removed a little monkey off its back.

"[The game] went really well," junior forward Melanie Allen said. "I felt like we played hard for 70 minutes, with no letdowns, and we're ready to play Cornell on Saturday."

Speaking of which, the Big Red machine will be rolling on in to Cambridge this weekend in what will be Harvard's first Ivy League game this season.

Cornell, as much as anyone the "gut" of the Ivy League field hockey scene, shouldn't pose much of a challenge. Don't try telling that to the Harvard, though.

"We can't overlook them as we did Providence," Allen said.

It seems that the Crimson has learned its lesson for the season: play hard all the time, or don't expect to win.

Which, as everyone on the team hopes will soon sink in, is a pretty good realization to come to right before the Ivy League schedule kicks into high gear.