The Purple Eagles couldn't wait for the Crimson to leave town.
The Harvard women's hockey team defeated Niagara twice over the weekend, 5-2 on Saturday and 2-1 yesterday, at Dwyer Arena.
After starting the season with losses against No. 5 Wisconsin and No.3 Minnesota, the No.6 Crimson (2-2-0, 2-0-0 ECAC) jumped all over the No.10 Purple Eagles (5-3-0, 1-3-0 ECAC) to reach the .500 mark.
Playing without star forwards Tammy Shewchuk and Jennifer Botterill, who are playing for Team Canada in the Four Nations Cup, Harvard found equally dangerous scoring threats.
Senior forwards Tara Dunn and Kiirsten Suurkask each scored three goals over the weekend, accounting for six of the Crimson's seven goals.
Harvard 2, Niagara 1
Suurkask made sure Harvard got off to a good start against Niagara by scoring a goal at 3:47 of the first period to take a 1-0 lead. The emphasis then shifted to the defense, with both teams going scoreless the remainder of the first period and for the duration of the second period.
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