Only three days later, however, the Crimson lost a rematch with the Bears and things began to turn south. The team lost three of its next four to fall to 6-4 before leaving on a cross-country, spring-break road trip during which it played eight games in ten days.

The trip began at Connecticut College, where Harvard could not gain its first-ever win over Massachusetts, falling 6-5. Against the home team, though, the Crimson made sure it wasn't even close, with freshman Liz Anderson and sophomore driver Arianne Cohen combining for seven goals. Sophomore driver Kate Callaghan contributing six steals in the 10-2 rout.

Harvard then traveled west to beat UC-Santa Cruz 12-6 behind hat tricks from Gunderson, co-captain Natasha Magnuson, and junior Christine Meiers. The Crimson then thrashed Cal. St.-Hayward, 14-2.

Upon returning to the East, the Crimson competed in the ECAC Championships at Princeton. Despite three goals from sophomore Tiana Peterson, Harvard dropped its first game 10-5 to the host team. After a 13-7 win over Gannon, the Crimson succumbed to Brown, 6-3, before beating Hartwick 7-5.

The following weekend, Harvard hosted the CWPA Northern Division Championships, opening the tournament by riding five Gunderson tallies to a 7-5 win over Iona that qualified the Crimson for the Eastern Championships.

Harvard then fell to two of its perennial nemeses: Massachusetts in the semifinals, 10-7, and Brown in the third-place game, 7-5.

Two weeks later, the Crimson traveled to the Brown Invitational. There, Harvard again lost to Massachusetts, but rallied to defeat Iona and Dartmouth, with Gunderson earning the title of CWPA Women's Varsity Player of the Week.