"On my goal I actually didn't really do that much," Blain said. "It was a great ball; Totman just laid it up in front of the goal and I was there to redirect it."

"Blain made a really great play on her goal," Berman said. "It was a far post run, and she had to cover a lot of ground on a ball hit pretty hard."

Blain's goal ended a draught in first-half scoring for the Crimson. Harvard had failed to score in the first 45 minutes in six consecutive contests.

"We looked at the stats before the game and realized we hadn't scored a first-half goal since the second game of the season," Wheaton said. "We really made it a goal to come early and finish."

In addition to ending Harvard's early scoring dry spell, Blain's score sparked a Crimson onslaught that would continue throughout the game.

Totman, who has shined in only her first year as a starter, led Harvard's aggressive attack. Time and again, she wove her way through the Cornell backfield with relative ease, creating numerous scoring chances.

Just a few minutes after the score Totman led several charges on the Big Red goal. Near the 10-minute mark, she sent a pass across the box that co-captain Beth Zotter lifted just over the crossbar, and a minute later sent a shot of her own barely wide left.