Now that it can officially prepare for the postseason, the Crimson would like to see continued improvement from its second wave of scorers in sophomore forwards Angie Francisco (10, 27), Tara Dunn (17, 8) and Kiirsten Suurkask (8, 15).
Harvard also needs to improve its play in the defensive zone. Although the Crimson leads the ECAC with an offense that averages 6.52 goals a game, Harvard has given up two goals in each of the last four contests to raise the team GAA to 1.48 goals a game.
Sunday Harvard hosts Boston College, which sits in 12th place in the ECAC and has been eliminated from the playoff race. Eagle senior forward Erin MaGee (24, 26) and sophomore forward Jennifer Buckley (14, 21) are tied for ninth and 16th in the conference in scoring, respectively.
The Eagles are sixth in the ECAC in scoring with 3.64 goals per game but give up 4.75 goals per contest, good for the second-worst defense in the conference. Junior goaltender Christy Nentwig has a 4.57 GAA and a .882 save percentage.
Harvard has defeated Boston College twice this season--7-1 at Chestnut Hill and 9-0 in the Beanpot championship game.
In addition to facing the Big Green and the Golden Eagles, Harvard's six seniors will be skating in regular season games at Bright for the last time this weekend.
"These games will be special for the seniors because it will be the last time to wear our home uniforms in the regular season," Gerometta said. "It really means a lot to have a winning record for the first time in our careers. And home games have been great over the last month with all the fans that we've had."
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