HANOVER, N.H.--The No. 13 Harvard field hockey team split its pair of games this weekend, defeating Ivy rival Dartmouth 3-1 on Saturday and then falling to No. 17 Boston University 4-1 at Nickerson Field in yesterday's unforgiving weather.
The win over Dartmouth was huge for the Crimson (11-5, 5-1 Ivy). Not only did it avenge a pair of losses to the Big Green (7-7, 3-3) last season, it essentially guaranteed Harvard no worse than a second-place finish in the Ivy League. Now with a win against Columbia, the Crimson would have its first ever six-win Ivy season.
A day later, Harvard missed out on a golden opportunity to cement its NCAA Tournament at-large status with its loss to Boston University (13-7).
The loss by no means ended Harvard's NCAA hopes, but it certainly means that the Crimson will have to sweat out the selection decisions.
Harvard 3, Dartmouth 1
Everyone involved in the corner play was crucial to its success.
Junior back Katie Turck pushed the ball smoothly and forcefully to the top of the circle, where it was firmly stopped by co-captain Maisa Badawy. On the approach, co-captain Liz Sarles made the entire Dartmouth flinch as if to block a direct shot--the set that Harvard had executed on its first two corners of the day.
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