The "Big Game" against the Big Green turned out to be small potatoes for the Harvard women's lacrosse team.

Julie Clifford netted five goals as the Crimson speared Dartmouth, 13-5, and nabbed its third consecutive Ivy League title yesterday at Ohiri Field.

No problem.

The key to an upset by the Green would have been the quick stickwork of offensive terror Anne Moellering. Moellering, with 52 goals and five assists going into the game, has sent fear to the hearts of many an Ivy League goalie.

But then, she's never met Harvard defenseman Maggie Vaughan.

"Moellering's been double-teamed all year, but I don't think that we have to double-team anyone," Harvard Coach Carole Kleinfelder said. "Maggie can handle just about anybody one-on-one."

Vaughan held Moellering to three goals, diminishing the Green's chief offensive threat.

"We weren't particularly worried about her," Kleinfelder said. "I know her stats are great, but we didn't think that we were going to have a problem."

Lynn Frangione, Julia French and Co-Captain Katie McAnaney joined Vaughan in the stellar defensive line. The guts of the Big Green (8-4 overall, 3-3 Ivy) are in its speedy attack, but the Crimson (10-0, 6-0) couldn't be bothered.

"They did exactly what we thought they would," McAnaney said. "We knew they were going to run the crease so we concentrated on stopping them and once we stopped that, they really didn't have too much else to come at us with."

The Crimson defense outshone the Green offense, and Harvard's offense didn't hesitate to pitch in its efforts.

Char Joslin started off the scoring rampage with a shovel between Tori Maxmin's legs at 19:13. Joslin pulled off her second hat trick of the season with three goals.

And Clifford came out of her shell and surprised the Big Green with her season-high five goals.

"I got most of my goals coming around the crease," Clifford said. "There were little holes and I guess I found them."

Joslin, Clifford and Frangione hit the first three goals within a two minute span.