"We've been working hard on corners," Clark said. "But I have to thank Courtenay and Carrie-it doesn't work without them."
The Crimson, however, did not continue this pace of a goal every two and a quarter minutes and so the score remained at 1-0 until halftime.
But Cornell was not quiet for all this time, as the Big Red attack threatened to retie the game.
"We just needed to calm it down and work more together as a team," Clark said.
Cornell was held off throughout the end of the first half by Harvard's defense, led by junior goaltender Jessica Milhollin's 12-save shutout. And then when the teams came out after halftime, the Crimson got things worked out.
"In the second half." Colligan said, "The talk was good and we felt together."
At that point it was only a matter of time until the Harvard offense struck again. Rightfully so, it was off a corner.
The only thing different was that it took place on the other end of the field. There was the same passing sequence, the same crack of Clark's stick, the same missile flying past the Big Red goaltender.
And at the 22:00 mark of the second half, the Crimson side took a deep breath of relief.
"Cornell can be unpredictable," Caples said, "but we were in possession of the ball a lot.
"It was nice insurance."
Harvard's next games are, to say the least difficult. On Wednesday the Crimson travel across the river to Boston University, who defeated 10th-ranked Delaware on Friday night.
Then, on Saturday morning. Harvard takes on 18th-ranked Pennsylvania in Philly.
"BU is going to be a big game," Colligan said. "Princeton beat them 3-1 [in Boston]-it will be very interesting to see how we do."