The Bulldogs’ comeback was unsuccessful, though, as two free throws from Lippert and a layup from freshman Miriam Rutzen clenched the win.
Rutzen finished with two points and a career-high nine rebounds. Alemany also set a career high in the game with six steals.
“I was thrilled with how we started,” Delaney-Smith said. “I was thrilled with how we dominated them, and I was thrilled with how we weathered the storm.”
With three games left to play in the regular season, Harvard looks to finish with victories versus Penn, Princeton, and Dartmouth—who defeated the Crimson in its earlier meeting this season—and receive a bid to a tournament.
“We had that loss to Dartmouth,” Delaney-Smith said, “but there are still three games. We’re going to go to a postseason tournament one way or another.”
—Staff writer Erika T. Butler can be reached at etbutler@college.harvard.edu.