In the Pairwise Rankings, which aim to predict the field for the eight-team NCAA Tournament, Harvard dropped to the precarious eighth place. Fortunately, the plunge is a bit misleading. The Crimson’s RPI- a significant component of the Pairwise calculation- suffered from playing such weak opponents last week, even though Harvard won all its games handily. This technicality will be adjusted for come selection time, pushing the Crimson more comfortably in at-large position.

Harvard will meet St. Lawrence in a pivotal conference tilt this weekend.

SORE SOLLEY

The scariest moment of the night for the Crimson came in the second period when sophomore forward Liza Solley took a spill into the boards and stayed down on the ice with an arm injury.

Solley seized the puck in the neutral zone and broke for the goal with only one man to beat. The Boston College defender veered Solley off to the right, and she tumbled into the boards. She was attended to by the trainer and left the ice with the help several teammates before proceeding into the locker room.

Solley was seen during the post-game celebration with her right arm in a sling, and head coach Katey Stone issued a guarded prognosis for her second-line cog.

“She’s banged up,” said Stone. “So we’re going to make sure she gets it looked at by the doctors. I don’t imagine she’s going to play this weekend. We’re going to be cautious because we have

a lot of hockey left to play and she’s very valuable to our team.”

—Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at lehman@fas.harvard.edu.