DURHAM, N.H. – Paige Lester scored the first goal of her collegiate career, Keely Moy lit the lamp in her return to the ice and The Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Hockey, Katey Stone defeated her alma mater as No. 10/RV Harvard (7-3-0, 4-3-0 ECAC Hockey) hung on for a 3-2 victory over New Hampshire (3-8-2, 3-7-1 Hockey East) on Tuesday night at the Whittemore Center. 
 
A 1-0 contest entering the third period heated up over the last 20 minutes with each team scoring twice in the final frame. In the end, the Crimson was able to do enough to earn its third non-conference win of the season and head to Thanksgiving break on a two-game win streak. 
 
At 15:08 in the opening period, Harvard struck first when first-year forward, Paige Lester, chased down a stretch pass from Brooke Jovanovich before snapping a shot top shelf from the right circle for the first goal of her collegiate career. 
 
Neither team was able to muster a goal in the second period despite quality chances on both ends of the ice. Becky Dutton made several key saves for Harvard, including a sprawling robbery with the glove on New Hampshire's Jada Christian with just over four minutes to go in the second period. 
 
It did not take long for the action to escalate in the third period. At 4:22, Becca Gilmore notched her team-best seventh goal of the season to extend Harvard's lead to two. Just over three minutes later, however, New Hampshire's Nicole Kelly got her team on the board on the breakaway, cutting the margin to one. Then, with under five minutes remaining in the game, senior Keely Moy scored a huge insurance goal for the Crimson, capitalizing on a rebound off a shot from Dominique Petrie by elevating a backhand over the goaltender's shoulder. The Wildcats made a late push with the extra-attacker on the ice when Christian scored with 1:29 left in the contest. UNH was unable to find the equalizer, however, and Harvard skated off with the victory. 
 
Harvard Highlights 

• Paige Lester scored the first goal of her college career. 
• Keely Moy returned to the lineup after missing the team's last three games and scored a goal in the third period. Moy now has six goals this season in seven games played. 
• Emma Buckles had two assists in the contest. 
• Dominique Petrie led Harvard with eight shots on goal.   
• Becky Dutton earned the win, making 19 saves on 21 shots. Dutton is now 4-1-0 this season. 

 Game Notes 

• Harvard fired 37 shots on goal compared to 21 shots on target for New Hampshire. 
• The Crimson went 29-20 at the faceoff dot on the night. Harvard has now held the faceoff advantage in nine of its ten games this season.  
• Katey Stone moves to 19-16-5 in 40 games coached against her alma mater. 
• Harvard is now 20-30-5 all-time against New Hampshire. 

Up Next 
Harvard will be off for Thanksgiving this weekend before returning home to face Union on Dec. 3. Faceoff will be at 6 p.m. from Bright Landry Hockey Center.