Wilton took the game’s opening draw control, and less than three minutes later Kristin Igoe put the Eagles on the board.

Boston College did not waste much time tacking on its second score. After Katherine Caufield won the ensuing draw control, the Eagles got the ball to Sam Taylor who finished her lone score of the game 10 seconds later.

Tetreault responded with her 10th goal of the season on the Crimson’s next possession, but Boston College went back up by two with 25:18 to go thanks to a Cali Ceglarski finish.

Barry and Brooke tacked on goals of their own to give the Eagles a commanding 5-1 lead before 15 minutes had ticked off the clock.

"We don’t always play at pace," Miller said. "We kind of wait for other team to speed us up instead of setting the tempo on our own."

After being held scoreless for more than 15 minutes of play, the Crimson received its second score of the night after Kucharczykbounced a shot past Mata with 9:53 to play.

Rookie goalkeeper Kelly Weiss kept Harvard within three with a pair of saves before the buzzer brought an end to the first period.

Weiss held the Eagles scoreless for the first 19 minutes of the second frame, but the Crimson offense failed to capitalize. After Harvard missed its first four shot attempts of the half, Wilton put the Eagles up, 7-2, with 10:44 to play, off back-to-back goals in a span of 46 seconds.

Harvard got scores from VanderMeulen, Baskind, and Kucharczyk in the final 10 minutes of play, but it was too little too late, and the Eagles emerged with just their seventh win over the Crimson in 34 meetings.

The loss marks Harvard’s third straight to a ranked opponent. The Crimson will get its next chance at taking down a ranked foe on March 31 when it hosts No. 2 Syracuse at Gillette Stadium.

"We play probably one of the toughest schedules in the country," Miller said. "There’s no time for let downs or feeling sorry for yourself."

—Staff writer Martin Kessler can be reached at martin.kessler@college.harvard.edu.