DURHAM, N.H.--The No. 4 Harvard women's hockey team posted two comfortable wins this weekend to close out the regular season.

On Saturday, junior co-captain Jennifer Botterill scored twice and added two assists as the Crimson overwhelmed Maine, 8-2, then followed up with a 4-0 shutout at New Hampshire.

Harvard (21-8-0, 20-4-0 ECAC) finished a point behind No. 1 Dartmouth (23-3-1, 20-3-1) in the league's final standings. The ECAC's top eight teams qualify for the league quarterfinals this weekend. The semifinals and championship will be at Dartmouth the following weekend. A solid ECAC tournament showing will be necessary for Harvard to make the NCAA tournament.

The Crimson will open the ECAC tournament against No. 10 Providence (18-13-3, 10-11-3) at Bright on Saturday. Harvard defeated the Friars 7-4 and 3-2 in their previous two meetings, the last of which was marred by Providence's attempts to deliberately injure Harvard's top players.

"Their strategy makes a difference," Harvard Coach Katey Stone said. "They come out and try to headhunt a little bit, and that works for them."

Harvard will look to make amends for its previous subpar outings against the Friars this season.

"I haven't been pleased with either of those two games," Stone said. "That's why I'm psyched to play them. I want another chance to play our best hockey. It's time we start to really play and make a statement."

Harvard 4, New Hampshire 0