“We’re playing for something a lot bigger,” Stone said. “They know it and they’re ready to go.”

Resting Up

Neither sophomore forward Kat Sweet nor freshman forward Carrie Schroyer dressed for last night’s game due to injuries. Sweet sat out with a mild concussion, while Schroyer is still healing from a shoulder injury against St. Lawrence over a week ago. Freshman Jacyln Pitushka earned time on the third line in their absence.

Schroyer was the hero in the Harvard’s 3-2 win over Brown in December when Stone elevated Schroyer to the first line in the third period and she scored on her first shift. Stone attempted the same trick with freshman Jennifer Raimondi last night.

“There’s a lot of hockey left to play so we want make sure we have everyone healthy in March,” Stone said in regards to Sweet and Schroyer’s injuries.

Sweet declined to comment to the media after last night’s game.

All The Possibilities

Unless Cornell can upset Brown or Harvard this weekend, the Crimson will host the Big Red in a best-of-three ECAC quarterfinal from March 7-9.

Harvard beat Cornell 8-0 in their last meeting.

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