Box Score

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Big Red women's hockey team lost 5-1 to No. 9 Harvard on Saturday night at the Bright Hockey Center. Sophomore Rebecca Johnston scored Cornell's lone goal. Cornell moves to 4-4-1 overall and 2-4-1 in ECAC Hockey.

The Big Red and Crimson were scoreless after the first period, but Harvard would score two unanswered goals in the second to take a 2-0 lead into the third.

Johnston put the Big Red within a goal at 1:25 of the third period. Her eighth goal of the season was assisted by junior Liz Zorn and freshman Catherine White.

Harvard's Sarah Vailliancourt lengthened her team's lead scoring on the power play at 4:47 of the third. The Big Red pulled goaltender Jenny Niesluchowski in favor of an extra attacker, but Vailliancourt scored her second goal of the game on the empty net at 18:55. The Crimson scored its fifth goal at 19:50.

Niesluchowski made 34 saves in the loss, and Christina Kessler earned the win with 26 saves. Cornell was 0-5 on the power play, and Harvard was 3-7.

Cornell will return home during Thanksgiving weekend playing host to Niagara on Saturday and Sunday.