"Towards the second half, I think our defense did a good job of stepping up and stopping them," Nagle said.
It also helped that the Friars couldn't get their offense moving.
"They didn't generate a lot of attack," Cowan said.
Case in point, Harvard outshot Providence 17-3 and had a 9-5 advantage on penalty corners.
Cowan and her replacement, junior Jen Crusius, each had just one save. Both Providence goalkeepers--Andrea Weyl and Heather Tattersall--had four saves apiece.
Despite the win, Harvard still has wrinkles to iron out, including more work on passing patterns.
"Individually, we didn't trap as well and pass as well as we know we can do," Cowan said. "We just managed to hang in there and come out with a 'W', which is really important."
The Crimson, trying to keep its faint postseason hopes alive, will need a favorable NCAA selection committee to make it into the tournament.
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