A long trek northward brought the Harvard women's hockey team both Ivy League and non-league competition.

The Crimson faced the Big Red in Ithaca Saturday and knocked heads with St. Lawrence Sunday.

Cornell, traditionally a weak squad, outshot Harvard in the first two periods. Crimson sophomore goalie Jen Bowdoin was bombarded with 30 shots on goal, while Harvard managed only 15 shots in the first two stanzas.

After two periods, Cornell was leading, 3-0.

However, Harvard rebounded from its slow start. Third period action saw the Big Red go scoreless, while the Crimson scored twice, connecting on two of three shots on goal.

While the third period brought the game closer, victory was not in the cards for Harvard. The game ended with Cornell on top, 3-2.

The Crimson showed persistence, determination, and a lot of endurance in its late showing. The ice women did not give up on the game, but with Cornell's (3-1-2) 44 shots on goal in comparison to Harvard's meager 18 attempts, there was little to be done.

Harvard (2-4-0) left Ithaca feeling slightly uplifted by its third period success, but mostly frustrated by its early sluggishness.

"It's really hard because our team has so much talent and it's just not being shown in our games," Bowdoin said.

Continuing towards the Canadian border, Harvard faced St. Lawrence Sunday in what proved to be an extremely exciting game.

"We changed the lines up right before the game and tried to generate a lot more offense," senior and co-captain Ellen Frump said.

These changes panned out well for the Crimson, who played more cohesively throughout most of the game.

After scoreless first and second periods, Harvard junior forward Jenny Duval scored a power-play goal less than a minute into the third period.

The Crimson was leading, 1-0, and all seemed safe through most of the third period.

But then everything changed. With about five minutes remaining in the third period, Duval was called on a delayed penalty for interference, and before play was stopped she was also called for a cross-checking penalty.