Harvard University

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's hockey team dominated Saint Michael's with a 12-0 shutout at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center on Friday night. The Crimson improved to 3-0 on the season, while the Purple Knights remain winless at 0-9.

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Harvard reached double figures in scoring for the first time since 2006 with 10 different skaters finding the back of the net. Sophomore Elle Sproule (Old Greenwich, Conn.), who scored twice in the first period, was one of two Crimson players to score twice. She was joined by first-year Lindsay Stepnowski (South Glastonbury, Conn.) with her third and fourth goals of the season.
 
First-year Hilda Arhammar Pakarinen (Sollentuna, Sweden) scored her first career goal and was assisted by classmate Kate Stuart (Stayner, Ont.) with her first career point.
 
Junior Ainsley Tuffy (Duxbury, Mass.) started in goal and made one save on one shot faced in 20 minutes of action. She gave way to first-year Serra Yildir (Petawawa, Ont.) for the start of the second period. In her collegiate debut, Yildir made two saves.
 
SCORING
1^st        01:39    HARV    EV      Alex Paulsen (McGathey)
1^st         03:41    HARV    EV      Elle Sproule (Stepnowski)
1^st        06:56    HARV    EV      Lindsay Stepnowski
1^st        08:05    HARV    EV      Hilda Arhammar Pakarinen (Stuart)
1^st        10:02    HARV    EV      Sproule (Pape)
1^st        18:30    HARV    EV      Carla McSweeney (Ley, Biotti)
2^nd        03:24    HARV    EV      Morgan McGathey (McSweeney, Oudemool)
2^nd        05:43    HARV    EV      Stepnowski (Sproule, Finnegan)
2^nd        06:11    HARV    EV      Angelica Megdanis (McGathey, Biotti)
2^nd        15:57    HARV    EV      Brooke Manning (Hamann)
3^rd        09:12    HARV    EV      Emily Hamann (Boosamra)
3^rd        11:52    HARV    EV      Kaley MacDonald
 
Game Notes

• Harvard is 2-0 all-time against Saint Michael's.
• Harvard scored 10 or more goals for the first time since a 10- win over Union (10/29/06).
• Harvard scored five or more goals in three consecutive games for the first time since 2015.
• Harvard is 3-0 for the first time under Laura Bellamy and the first time since 2021.
• Harvard recorded 50 or more shots for the first time since last season against Saint Michael's (10/17/25).
• Harvard shut out an opponent for the first time since last season against Dartmouth (11/8/25).
• Zoe Boosamra matched her career-best point-streak at four games.
• Morgan McGathey recorded her first career two-assist and three-point game.
• Elle Sproule scored twice in the first to become the first Crimson player to score twice in a period since teammate Morgan McGathey last season at Brown (11/15/25).
• Sproule registered he first career multi-goal game and has scored in three straight games.
• Lindsay Stepnowski scored twice for the first time in her career and has scored in all three games to begin her collegiate career.

Up Next
The Crimson host New Hampshire Saturday night at 7 p.m.