Price and Kennifer both recorded a hat trick while four other players scored as Harvard held on to the win.

HARVARD 15, SIENA 9

The night before, the Crimson was again down against its opponent.

“A little bit of a character test early in the year, [we] got down 4-2 and weren’t playing very good defense here,” Farrar said. “We had to make a couple of adjustments, but the kids did a great job, adjusted, took their punch and then outscored them 12-3 over the next two quarters.”

Freshman Molnar scored five goals in her second collegiate game, while Kennifer netted four and Price scored two.

“Our freshmen played phenomenal,” McCarthy said.

HARVARD 16, VILLANOVA 2

Villanova’s goaltender had no idea where to look in the first matchup of the Harvard Invitational, as 10 different Crimson players scored in a Harvard blowout.

“It was a pretty hard preseason, and I think we were all just excited to play someone beside ourselves,” Molnar said. “We just really came out with a lot of energy.”

Molnar scored one as Kennifer tallied her first hat trick of the year. Co-captain Kristina Bergquist, junior Patricia Smith, sophomore Monica Zdrojewski, and Price each netted two as well.

“We were very effective compressing and getting a fast break in the game,” Farrar said. “Villanova had trouble swimming us.”

—Staff writer Alex Sopko can be reached at sopko@fas.harvard.edu.