Nov. 19: The St. Lawrence University women’s hockey team suffered a 6-1 loss on Saturday to nationally-ranked No. 10 Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.

Despite out shooting Harvard by a 27-26 mark, the Saints (6-5-3, 3-4-1) continued to struggle against the Crimson. The home team improved to 5-1-0 (5-1-0) and outscored St. Lawrence 13-2 in the regular season series while finishing with three power play tallies on Saturday.

“Another strong effort from Harvard, though we played really well in spurts and at times better than we did in Hanover,” said St. Lawrence head coach Chris Wells. “We had some great chances early and late, and it was nice to see our team play hard through to the end of the game. We have a good hockey team with lots of hockey left to play this season.”

The Saints found themselves in a 1-0 hole only 56 seconds into regulation, as Marissa Gedman scored on St. Lawrence goalie Caitlyn Lahonen from the left side of the blue line. The Harvard power play would then strike on its first try of the game, as Sarah Edney finished a beautiful passing play from Kelsey Romatoski and Samantha Reber for the 2-0 lead at 9:09 of the first.

The Crimson offense kept on chugging in the second, posting three more goals, including two power-play markers, to take a commanding 5-0 lead into the final frame. Gina McDonald netted the Crimson’s third goal of the game just 1:55 into the second period, while Elizabeth Parker made it 4-0 at 3:28 with an assist going to Kaitlin Spurling. Harvard would then make it 3-for-3 on the power play at 15:39, when Josephine Pucci scored her second goal of the year for the 5-0 advantage.

St. Lawrence had created several great chances throughout the game on Harvard goalie Laura Bellamy, but came away empty until the 12:54 mark of the third period. First-year student Margo Lund scored her second goal of the year as she stuffed the puck behind Bellamy to get St. Lawrence on the scoreboard trailing 5-1. Fellow rookies Jacqueline Wand and Jessica Hon assisted on the goal.

Harvard would cap the game’s scoring when Jillian Dempsey scored an empty net goal at 16:41 to bring the contest to its final of 6-1.

Bellamy finished with 26 saves on the afternoon, helping her team post a perfect 8-for-8 mark on the penalty kill. Meanwhile, Lahonen made 20 saves in the loss.

The Saints will have a quick turnaround this week, as they head to Erie, PA for a pair of non-conference games against nationally ranked Mercyhurst College yesterday and today, Nov. 22-23.