Stymied by unlucky bounces, the Harvard women's ice hockey team (6-6, 2-6 ECAC) dropped two contests to Northeastern last weekend. On Saturday, the Crimson committed two own goals in a 5-1 loss.

Yesterday, Northeastern left wing Emily Pemrick kicked in a goal that was allowed by the referee.

"We played better yesterday," said junior co-captain Kyle Walsh. "We hustled all 60 minutes."

Harvard had taken a 1-0 lead in the first period when junior right wing Jen Gerometta scored at 9:00. Freshmen Kiirsten Suurkask and Angie Francisco both collected assists. But the Huskies (8-2, 7-1 ECAC) pulled even at 3:30 of the second period, when defenseman Jennie Setaro scored on assists from Pemrick and right wing Hillary Witt.

Northeastern, which had already had one goal waved off for kicking, now scored the controversial go ahead goal at 19:26 of the second period.

"They brought the puck in, and it looked like they had people in the crease," Walsh said. "And the net was off."

The Huskies added one more goal on Kathryn Waldo's unassisted tally with 55 seconds remaining in the game.

"It was basically a one-goal game," Walsh said. "We stayed with them all game. It's too bad we couldn't have won."

Senior co-captain Jen Bowdoin turned in a stellar netminding performance, amassing 45 saves. Her counterpart, Lauren Harris, made just 22 saves. In the first period, Bowdoin weathered all 19 shots she faced.

"Northeastern was really aggressive," Bowdoin said. "But they also got their shots off pretty quickly. They had a lot of good scoring chances, but a lot just hit me too."

Walsh, though, lauded Bowdoin's efforts.

"Jen stood on her head [yesterday]," Walsh said. "She was amazing. She got hit after practically every save she made."

However, the Crimson certainly dished out its share of hits.

"We played the body, marked really well and finished our hits," Walsh said.

Making Harvard's accomplishment more formidable was Northeastern's daunting lineup.