The banner commemorating the Harvard women's hockey team's national championship was up, the fans were ready and the players geared up for what would prove to be an emotional game against Dartmouth.

Unfortunately, the Big Green rained on the parade. Pulling off a 5-4 overtime victory, Dartmouth crushed Harvard's spirits and ended a 32-game winning streak. On Sunday, the No. 2 Crimson (14-3-3, 11-3-3 ECAC) will travel to Hanover to avenge the loss, saying that nobody should expect a similar result.

"We're a 100 percent different team," said co-captain Kim McManama.

While Harvard beat up on poor Boston University, a club team, 7-0 in the Beanpot on Tuesday, the last week has been a poor offensive showing, to say the least. The Crimson scored one goal in two games, tying No. 7 Northeastern 1-1 and dropping a game to No. 8 Providence 1-0.

"That was our worst weekend in two years," McManama said. "We played great defense, but the offense just didn't get in rhythm."

On Saturday, the Crimson will travel across the Charles to take on Boston College (5-17-1, 1-16-1). The Eagles lost 7-0 to Northeastern in the first round of the Beanpot on Tuesday and fell 7-2 to the Crimson back in November. But this game seems to be a mere obstacle on the way to Sunday's big matchup.

"We'll try out our new lines against BC," McManama said. "It's not really experimentation, but we want them to be ready against Dartmouth."

In that 7-2 victory, Harvard outshot BC 59-14 and junior winger Tammy Shewchuk had four goals and two assists.