"Beth Totman is just an awesome player," Ripmaster said. "She is a phenom. She works all of the time both on the ball and off the ball. She just works so hard. She is the greatest player."

With 12 minutes left in the half, Wheaton--as he has done often throughout the year--took his starting front line of Zotter, Totman and freshman Joey Yenne out of the game to rest before the break. The substitutes--junior forward Ashley Mattison and sophomore forwards Colleen Moore and Caitlin Costello--picked up where their teammates left off.

Just over a minute after the substitution, Moore took control of the ball and sprinted upfield, where she dished off to Mattison. Mattison then advanced deep into the Big Red zone, sending a cross just past the outstretched arms of junior goalkeeper Meghan Cauzillo to freshman midfielder Bryce Weed, who calmly sent the ball into the back of the net to give Harvard a 2-0 lead.

It took less than two minutes for the Crimson to strike again, as Ripmaster followed with an impressive goal off her own, scoring off of a corner kick of the foot of junior midfielder Meredith Stewart to give Harvard a 3-0 lead going into the half.

"Meredith Stewart kicked the corner, and basically it was just a volley that came out of the air and I chested it down," Ripmaster said. "I didn't want to let it hit the ground or else it would bounce up in some weird angle, so I just got my body over it and hit it out of the air and into the goal."

"[Ripmaster] hits the ball a ton," Wheaton added. "The first goal she hit was a difficult ball to her and she buried it."

Just over 11 minutes into the half the Crimson added its fourth goal on the day, as Ripmaster netted her second score on the day.

Totman penetrated the right side of the Cornell defense with some fancy dribbling, and sent a shot off the crossbar. Yenne collected the ball, but had it knocked out of her possession by a Big Red defender. Ripmaster, however, was the first player to the loose ball and sent the ball into the net for the unassisted goal.