CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's lacrosse (3-4, 1-1 Ivy) continues Ivy League play this weekend at Jordan Field when it hosts Dartmouth (2-6, 0-2 Ivy) on Sunday (April 3) at 1 p.m on ESPN+.
Last Saturday, first-year attack
Caroline Mullahy recorded a season-best five points (two goals, three assists), and team-leading scorer
Callie Hem added a hat trick, but the Crimson fell, 10-9, in double overtime to Cornell at Jordan Field.
Harvard has been solid on defense, allowing 10.57 goals per game through seven games this season (25
th, NCAA), leading the Ivy League in goals against average. Sophomore goaltender
Chloe Provenzano has a 9.58 goals against average (1
st, Ivy League), good for 13
th in the nation, and a .483 save percentage (18
th, NCAA).
Sophomore midfielder
Callie Hem leads Harvard in goals (17) and point (21) scoring, with multiple goals in each of Harvard's first seven games. She is sixth in the Ivy League in goal scoring (2.43 goals per game) and sixth in point scoring (3.00 points per game)
The all-time Harvard-Dartmouth series is tied at 22-22-1.
For the Fans
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Featured Game for Harvard Undergraduates: First students in attendance to check in on the CrimZone Rewards App will receive a custom Harvard lacrosse trucker hat.
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Harvard Lacrosse Prize Pack Raffle: A Harvard lacrosse stick and Crimson prize pack will be raffled off at the marketing table located inside the entrance to Jordan Field! Don't miss your chance to win.
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Crimson Pub: Visit the Crimson Pub located in the near side end zone for a beverage before or during the game.
What to Know
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Devon Wills, The Carole Kleinfelder Head Coach for Harvard Women's Lacrosse, returns for her third season at Harvard. Wills arrived in Cambridge after a six-year coaching stint at USC, serving as associate head coach in her last three seasons, where she worked specifically with the Trojan defense and goaltenders. Under Wills' guidance the Crimson defense improved from allowing 12.06 goals per game in 2019 to 9 goals per game in 2020. Harvard also averaged 9.83 caused turnovers per game in 2020, up from 7.86 caused turnovers per contest in 2019. Wills was a three-time All-American goalie at Dartmouth, leading the NCAA in goals-against average and helped the Big Green advance to the NCAA championship game in 2006.
-Senior
Olivia Gill and junior
Grace Hulslander are captaining the Crimson in 2022. Gill finished 2020 second on the team with 10 caused turnovers in six games. Hulslander finished third on the team in scoring that same year with 12 goals and added a team best 31 draw controls.
- Through seven games,
Callie Hem leads the Crimson with 21 points (17 goals, four assists). Sophomore
Riley Campbell second on the team with 12 goals. Junior
Grace Hulslander leads Harvard with 18 draw controls, and
Shea Jenkins is tops on the team with 10 caused turnovers.
Grace Taylor leads the team with 17 ground balls, with Jenkins and
Stephanie Hong tied for second in that category with 15 ground balls.
- First-year
Annabel Child was selected as one of 20 women to represent Canada at the 2022 World Lacrosse Women's World Cup in Towson, Md. The World Cup, postponed from 2021, will take place from June 29-July 9, 2022 and will feature 30 teams. Child is no stranger to Team Canada, earning a spot on the Super Six squad at the World Lacrosse Six on Six event this past fall, and participating with the national team at the USA Lacrosse Fall Classic.
- The Crimson opened Ivy League play on March 5, defeating No. 24 Penn, 9-8, its first win over the Quakers since April 9, 2000, as sophomore
Riley Campbell scored four goals and
Chloe Provenzano made eight saves to help Harvard earn the landmark victory at Franklin Field.
- Harvard women's lacrosse coaches
Becca Block and
Dempsey Arsenault were named to the final 18-player roster for the United States at the World Lacrosse Women's World Championship this upcoming summer (June 29-July 9) in Maryland. Block helped the U.S. win gold at the most recent world championship in 2017 and returns five years later. Since her first call up to the U.S. national team in 2012, Block has competed consistently with USA Lacrosse, including the USA Lacrosse Fall Classic this past October. Arsenault will compete at her first senior world championship after having competed at the USA Lacrosse Fall Classic as well.
Up Next
Harvard will head to New Haven, CT on Saturday, April 9 to take on rival Yale at 1 p.m. on ESPN+
All remaining games on Crimson's 2022 schedule will also be streamed on ESPN+. To purchase tickets, visit
tickets.gocrimson.com.