"The Northeastern players are all big and aggressive," Walsh said. "They're very deep--a solid team.
"Their forecheck was relentless. Every time we turned around, they'd be divebombing in, creating havoc in our zone," she added.
A three-goal Northeastern surge in the second period dismantled a 1-1 tie on Saturday.
Northeastern's Betsy Dyke and junior defenseman Claudia Asano had swapped goals in the first period. Then the dam burst.
Among that three-goal deluge were two Harvard own goals. Asano tipped the first in by accident. A shot was skidding wide, and Asano tried to get it out from in front of the net. Misfortune struck Harvard again when sophomore defenseman Courtney Smith tried to pass the puck to Bowdoin.
"I didn't realize she was doing that," Bowdoin said.
The shot trickled in.
Northeastern added one more goal in the third period when left wing Jennifer Santerre scored on assists from right wing Stephanie Acres and center Kerri-Anne Allan.
"Our biggest problem was that we came out kind of flat," said junior Melissa Milbert. "We were not finishing up on offensive chances, and we had some defensive lapses. They were really hammering us."
Stopping 34 shots, Bowdoin made almost twice as many saves as her counterpart, Erika Silva, who made 18. In the third period, Silva made just three saves. First Period NU--Dyke (unassisted) 6:25. Har--Asano (Gerometta, Maloney) 13:03. (PPG) Second Period NU--Acres (unassisted) 2:33. Read more in Sports
