With less than two minutes left in the first period, Yale again found itself with a power play opportunity. Sophomore goalie Emerance Maschmeyer put up four straight saves to kill most of the penalty, but forward Jackie Raines netted one with less than 30 seconds to go in the power play to put the Bulldogs up, 2-1.

“After the first period was a great time to regroup as a team, go back to the locker room, talk about what we need to work on better, and come out in the second period and execute that,” senior Elizabeth Parker said. “In the second and third periods, we definitely improved our play and overcame some adversity that we had faced.”

The Crimson gave up another goal five minutes into the second frame, leaving the team in a 3-1 deficit. But D’Oench closed the gap with a goal of her own 11 minutes into the period off an assist from classmate Jessica Harvey and junior Sarah Edney.

Harvard outshot Yale, 12-6, on the period but could not find the equalizer. Entering the third period just a goal back, the Crimson was finally able to tie it up with 1:16 left to play in regulation when freshman forward Sydney Daniels slipped one by goaltender Jaimie Leonoff off an assist from Hillary Crowe.

Harvard looked desperately for a goal in overtime but could not capitalize, and the game ended in a tie. Unfortunately, the Crimson needed a win to claim the ECAC regular season conference championship and the No. 1 seed in the postseason tournament.

“Anytime you score with less than two minutes left in a game to tie it up, you’re pretty happy about that,” D’Oench said. “[But] to be honest, it was a real stinger, because it meant that we didn’t win the regular season for ECAC. That’s pretty big, not only for pride, but also the No. 1 seed gets to host the playoffs. I’m very proud of us for climbing out of that hole, but at the same time, we needed the win. That didn’t feel too good.”

—Staff writer Brenna  R. Nelsen can be reached at brenna.nelsen@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter @CrimsonBRN.