The pouring rain could not ground the Harvard field hockey team yesterday as it came from behind to beat Boston College, 2-1.

The Crimson (9-4, 3-1 Ivy), making a case to be the top team in Massachusetts, dominated the Eagles (7-8, 1-2 Big East) after giving up an early goal.

Harvard tied the game before halftime and came storming out in the second half.

Opening the second 35 minutes of play with three penalty corners in the first five minutes, Harvard finally capitalized and broke the 1-1 tie on its fourth penalty corner opportunity in the next minute.

Sliding down the right side of the goal while junior midfielder Maisa Badawy spotted the inbound pass, senior sweeper Katie Schoolwerth took a perfect feed from junior midfielder Liz Sarles.

With Eagle defenders expecting a shot from the top of the circle, Schoolwerth found an opening to go one-on-one with goalkeeper Jill Dedman and buried a well-placed shot into the far corner.

"The play's called 'hash-marks,' " Schoolwerth said. "I just go to a certain point on the field and wait for Liz to pass. The scouting report on B.C. revealed that their defense went to the left a lot on corners, so we were definitely planning to try to capitalize on the right-hand side. We were just waiting for our chance."

In the second half alone, the Crimson offense registered eight shots, all but one of them on goal, and drew nine penalty corners.