CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard women's ice hockey is set to play the first collegiate women's hockey game at the T.D. Garden in the Beanpot Consolation Round against the No. 13 Boston College Eagles on Tuesday. The Crimson (4-15-1, 2-12-1 will look to avenge its loss to the Eagles in the first round of the 2023 Beanpot, that saw the Eagles top the Crimson by a score of 3-0. 

Harvard is coming off a clutch road victory at RPI last Friday (Jan. 19), the team's second conference win of the campaign. Emily Davidson stepped up to make 24 saves in her collegiate debut also logging her first career victory in the contest. 

The Crimson hope to secure its first win in the Beanpot since its Championship victory in the 2022 Tournament when it opens up the new chapter in women's college ice hockey history. 

 SCOUTING THE COMPETITION

• The No. 13 Boston College Eagles enter the contest at the top of the Hockey East Association and fresh off a 6-4 victory against the Merrimack Warriors (Jan. 19). The Eagles were narrowly defeated in their Beanpot First Round matchup with the Boston University Terriers, forcing overtime with a late third period goal before losing in a shootout. 
• First-year Sammy Taber leads the squad with 27 points (9 goals, 18 assists) and is closely followed by Sammy Smigliani who totals 23 points (9 goals, 14 assists). Grace Campbell leads the goaltending effort for BC, posting a 2.46 GAA and a .919 save percentage in 24 games this season.
• The Eagles and the Crimson have split the past 12 matchups (5-5-2) with two of the past three contest going to the Eagles. 

WHAT YOU MISSED

• After a slow start in the first half of the season, the Crimson is beginning to find its groove, winning two of its past five matchups. The first of the two wins came in the second-half opener against Sacred Heart (Jan. 2) and the latter came in the team's most recent victory against RPI (Jan. 19). The Crimson got solid goaltending efforts in both games from Alex Pellicci and Emily Davidson, respectively, that propelled the squad to a pair of 2-1 victories. 
• Junior forward, Paige Lester, made waves across College hockey social media this weekend, scoring a diving goal after a nifty series of dekes around RPI defenders. In the four days since her goal, the clip has received over 250 thousand views across all platforms and has been reposted by some of the biggest names in the space. 
• It was Lester's first goal since rejoining the team after missing all of the first semester. 

DAVIDSON GETS WIN IN COLLEGIATE DEBUT

• Emily Davidson made the most of her opportunity after getting the nod for her first collegiate start against RPI last weekend. The sophomore netminder led the team to a much-needed victory against the Engineers, making 24 saves - including two on the powerplay - while allowing only one goal in a battle with the ECAC foe. 
• Davidson joined good company after getting a win in her first collegiate start, joining the likes of Alex Pellicci, Lindsay Reed '22, Becky Dutton '22 and others. 

LED BY LAPP

• Gwyn Lapp has emerged as the team's primary scoring threat in her breakout sophomore season. The Massachusetts native has now scored six goals in her past eight games and leads the team with eight goals and 11 points on the season. 
• Lapp was especially terrific in the win over Sacred Heart, notching her first career multi-goal game against the Pioneers. The Phillips Academy Andover product has cemented her spot in the top-six for the Crimson and leads the powerplay charge with three goals this season. 
• Lapp has now scored six of the past ten Crimson goals to take a hold on the team lead. 

BLOCKING SHOTS

• Harvard women's hockey has shown a relentless intensity in the defensive zone over the past several weeks, indicated by the team's willingness to step in front of the puck. The Crimson has blocked 98 shots in its past five games, including a program record 30 blocked shots in its matchup against RPI (Jan. 19). Junior blue-liner, Jenna MacDonald also made history - while helping the team make history - by blocking eight shots in the matchup. 
• MacDonald's career-high block total was the second most in program history and the most since Josephine Pucci '15 blocked nine in the 2014-15 season against then No. 1 Boston College. 
• Mia Biotti and Maria Pape have been fearless in their defensive zone this season, blocking a team high 45 and 43 shots this season. 
• The totals are tied for second and fourth in the ECAC and tied for the 18th and 22nd most in the nation.