“It’s fun, it’s enjoyable, but it means so much more to me when we win, to be honest with you,” she said. “They’re just another team that we play, and I like to beat everybody.”

A two-time ECAC champ with the Wildcats from 1986-1987, Stone has recreated the same storied environment at Harvard that she experienced during her college days.

“They’re very good, they’ve got a very good program and a long-standing tradition and certainly we feel like we’ve established that here,” she said.

Even with a 322-game winning career with the Crimson, the second-most victorious coach in the division has yet to beat UNH since 2003.

There used to be a day where Harvard never beat UNH, and so now it’s pretty good that it’s a great battle every time we play, and that’s important to me,” Stone said. “I’m just glad we’re doing well, but I wanted us to be better tonight.”

—Staff writer Alex Sopko can be reached at sopko@fas.harvard.edu.