Harvard pushed the lead to 4-2 with back-to-back goals by Shayna Price and junior Lizzie Abbott.

Bucknell came back to tie the game at five in the third period. But the Crimson responded with three consecutive scores to build a late 8-5 lead.

Junior Monica Zdrojewski started the run with a man-up goal before junior co-captain Devan Kennifer and junior Shannon Purcell finished the run.

Kennifer had three goals and was named Player of the Game by the CWPA.

The lead proved to be too much for the Bison to overcome.

“I was a little concerned about a letup emotionally and physically; after playing such a tough game the night before,” Minnis said. “Bucknell has done a great job this year of continually getting better. We talked about taking that first half, playing well, keeping the game close, and taking advantage of that third quarter push. We did [all] that.”

INDIANA 7, HARVARD 6

The Crimson rally fell just short against the No. 13 Hoosiers (25-11, 3-2) in the team’s second game on Friday night.

“[Indiana] is the No. 13 team in the country and [won] the championship,” Minnis said. “We were really focused on them, and we did a really good job. I’m so proud of the way the girls played. They played real hard; they played some good quarters.”

Indiana had the home-field advantage and fed off the crowd’s energy on its Senior Night, as the team jumped out to take a 4-3 halftime lead.

After the half, Indiana extended the lead by outscoring Harvard, 3-1, in the third quarter.

The Crimson rallied in the fourth with two goals in the last six minutes.

Harvard got two shots on goal to try to tie the game, but Hoosiers goalie Cassie Wyckoff came up with the saves to preserve the lead and ensure the Indiana win.

“We talked about [how it was Indiana’s] Senior Night, and we talked about how it was going to be a very electric building for them,” Minnis said. “They were really going to play off of that for the first half. [The goal] for us [was] to keep it close and make the push in the third and fourth quarter, and we did that. We gave ourselves an opportunity to tie it at the end, [but] it just didn’t float in for us.”

HARVARD 17, GANNON 3