“We had a couple mental lapses and it cost us a couple goals but I think we still outplayed them and we deserved to win the game,” Banfield said. “We weren’t getting a lot of calls our way and bounces didn’t go our way. They got a couple good chances and capitalized on them.”
Harvard outshot St. Lawrence 42-36 and faired better in their power play—scoring during two of their five chances, while the Saints only converted one of their eight power-play opportunities into a goal.
But even though the Crimson was not able to hold on to the lead, with St. Lawrence scoring two more goals for the tie, Harvard junior goalie Ali Boe played impressively. Boe posted 32 saves for the game, blocking most of the Saints’ tough shots.
“When she has to make big saves, she has been coming up big and [Saturday] was a great showing of that,” Chu said. “There were a lot of huge opportunities that we unfortunately gave them and she was there to make the huge save.”
With the tie, the Crimson is now tied for the top spot with No. 3 Dartmouth in the ECAC standings with only two games left.
—Staff writer Abigail M. Baird can be reached at ambaird@fas.harvard.edu.