Not even a torrential downpour could dampen the spirits of the No. 18 Harvard field hockey team in its battle for local supremacy against No. 13 Boston College at Alumni Stadium last night.

Co-captain Maisa Badawy's goal with 12 minutes left in regulation ended a soggy stalemate and propelled

Harvard (9-3, 4-0 Ivy) to a 2-0 victory over the Eagles (9-6).

Having won four games in a row and two wins in as many weeks against Top 20 teams, Harvard is at a season-high level of confidence going into Saturday afternoon's showdown at six-time defending Ivy champion Princeton (7-3, 4-0 Ivy).

"There's no huge gap between us and the top teams anymore," Badawy said. "Look, we just beat the No. 13 team in the country. Every time we step onto the field, we can win the game."

On the game-winning goal, Badawy, stuck in traffic on the left side of the field, maneuvered around the circle in search of open space. Finding a clear trajectory to the net from the top of the circle, she fired the ball into the right corner of the goal.

"I'm a left side player, and I usually try to penetrate the left, but it was all congested, so I just pulled it around to the top of the circle," Badawy said.

The Crimson's second goal came in the game's final 30 seconds on a direct hit off a penalty corner taken by junior forward Jane Park. The ball was initially stopped, but somehow it managed to find its way into the net.