“It’s a little depressing when it first ends because you have such high expectations going into the tournament, then walking away with a loss in the first round does not always give you the best feeling,” McDavitt said.

Scott was the one Harvard player who did earn a trip to Louisville—the NCAA championship host site. She played in Saturday’s NFHCA North-South Senior All-Star game, which ended in a 6-6 tie. Scott played in the backfield for the North squad, on which Ivy players stole the show, scoring five of the team’s goals.

For many of the seniors, the game was a relaxed way to work together with former regional rivals and a fun way to end their field hockey careers.

“It was a good way to end the season and my career,” Scott said.

While most of the Harvard players will have to wait several months to resume intense field hockey action, sophomores Kate Gannon and Tiffany Egnaczyk won’t have to wait longer than Christmas. Both were selected this summer to U.S. Field Hockey ‘A’ camp, which lasts for five days prior to New Year’s Eve, and is used for U.S. national and junior national selection purposes.

For other players, life will restore to its field hockey-free state for the next few months, but they’re okay with that.

“After a good week or so, everybody gets back to normal and remembers there’s life after field hockey,” McDavitt said.

—Staff writer David R. De Remer can be reached at remer@fas.harvard.edu.