HARVARD 1, RENSSELAER 1

The Crimson kicked off its road trip with a 1-1 tie against RPI, as rookie forward Grace Zarzecki’s eighth goal of the season tied the game for Harvard.

10 minutes after going down, sloppy passing between the RPI defenders bumped the puck into the slot and the path of Zarzecki, whose first time effort rocketed past goalie Lovisa Selander.

Despite outshooting the Engineers 43-26, including a 10-4 advantage in the first frame, it was RPI who opened the scoring. Following a scrum in front of Maschmeyer’s net, RPI sophomore Shayna Tomlinson poked the puck in on the left side to give her team the lead. Maschmeyer tallied 25 saves on the day.

The Crimson had key opportunities to take the lead in the third frame following two RPI penalties but failed to take advantage of either, letting the game escape into overtime. While Harvard dominated the extra frame, claiming a 4-1 shot advantage, RPI held the Crimson scoreless to escape with the tie.

“You have to give credit to RPI’s goalie [Selander],” Hallett said. “She played very well…. That said, there were 43 shots but shots are different than scoring opportunities. What was different this weekend was that we did have a lot more scoring opportunities than we’ve have lately, which is good…. If we keep pounding at it, we’ll get there.”

—Staff writer Julio Fierro can be reached at julio.fierro@thecrimson.com.