Coming off its first loss in 33 games last Friday against then-No. 7 Dartmouth, the Harvard women's hockey team rebounded in a big way.

The Crimson skated out of New Hampshire (5-1-0, 3-1-0 ECAC), which had replaced Harvard as the No. 1 team in last week's national rankings, with a 4-2 victory over the Wildcats Saturday. Then the team made the long trip to Maine (1-5-0, 1-5-0), where it blanked the inexperienced Black Bears yesterday 6-0.

The two victories should return Harvard (5-1-0, 3-1-0) to the top spot when the national rankings are released tonight.

Harvard's explosive offense was led by sophomore center Jen Botterill, who had a part in all four of the Crimson's goals at UNH before recording her first hat trick of the season at Maine.

Botterill got plenty of help from her two linemates, junior wingers Tammy Shewchuk and Angie Francisco, who also had big weekends. Shewchuk, Botterill and Francisco are the top three scorers in the ECAC.

Perhaps more importantly, however, was sophomore goaltender Alison Kuusisto's performance between the pipes. Kuusisto made 39 saves on the weekend, including her first shutout of the season at Maine.

Co-captain Kim McManama and freshmen Kalen Ingram and Jamie Hagerman also scored goals for the Crimson over the weekend.

Harvard 6, Maine 0