For the Harvard women's lacrosse team, something had to give. That something turned out to be the schedule.

The Harvard women's lacrosse team found the perfect cure for its Ivy League woes this weekend-a touch of warm weather and a large helping of Columbia (2-11, 0-7 Ivy), the league's only other winless team. The end result was a 16-5 Crimson blowout at Jordan Field on Saturday. The win was Harvard's first Ivy League victory of the season.

"It was good to get the first Ivy League win under our belt," senior attacker Courtney Leimkuhler said.

The Crimson (6-6, 1-5 Ivy) held the Lions to three goals in the first half and shut them down in the second with a streak of six unanswered goals to close out the contest.

Captain Alli Harper led the Crimson with three goals and two assists, including an unassisted goal that put the Crimson ahead 6-3 to end the first half.

During that first half, Harvard played with sustained energy but still seemed a bit uncoordinated on the attack. A number of errant Crimson lobs out of the defensive zone that could have lead to additional scoring opportunities were intercepted.

The Lions were also able to keep it relatively close in the first 30 minutes thanks to the work of goalie Jessica Valadez.

Harvard dominated possession and essentially peppered Valadez with shots all afternoon, firing 40 shots on goal. Valadez stopped 16 of those attempts in keeping her team in contention.