It may be the season to be jolly, but it wasn't so for the Crimson in Duluth, Minn.

The Harvard women's hockey team was swept this weekend by the Bulldogs, losing, 4-3, on Saturday, and 5-2, yesterday, at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.

The No. 5 UMD (13-4-1) sweep concluded a dismal regular season for the No. 2 Crimson (8-5-0) against non-conference opponents. Harvard played four games against teams from the WCHA and lost all of them. The Crimson's other loss this year came at the hands of ECAC-rival, No. 1 Dartmouth.

UMD 5, Harvard 2

The Crimson looked to split the weekend series yesterday against the Bulldogs, but was overwhelmed by the potent UMD offense.

The Bulldogs jumped on Harvard early, tallying three times before the halfway mark of the first period.

Sophomore forward Erika Holst scored the game-winning goal for UMD with 9:05 left in the first. Holst received a pass from forward Hanne Sikio and rifled it past Crimson junior goaltender Alison Kuusisto to give the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead.

Sophomore forward Maria Rooth opened the scoring in the game for UMD, beating Kuusisto early for the 1-0 early lead. Holst lit the lamp for the Bulldogs two minutes later, finding the back of net to give UMD a 2-0 advantage.