The Big Green's keeper Brittany D'Augustine made that 1-0 lead stand up, stopping five shots to earn her sixth shutout of the season.

D'Augustine also won her second head-to-head duel with Harvard tri-captain Anya Cowan, who was named the first team keeper ahead of her. Cowan was busy, making seven saves, as Dartmouth outshot Harvard 14-8.

"I think we played good defense, but sometimes on that surface the ball can just jump over your stick and that's all it takes to create a breakaway," Schoolwerth said. "We had a few unlucky turnovers, but there was no defensive breakdown or anything like that. It felt like we spent a lot of time making up for mistakes that weren't our fault."

Big Green freshman Lauren Welsh completed the scoring, gunning in her first goal with 9:27 left in the second after slipping through the Harvard defense, and netting her second on a penalty corner after time had expired.

Schoolwerth said the team struggled to establish itself on offense, since it was forced to abandon much of its passing game on the grass surface of Braves Field.

"It's difficult to have set plays and run a passing game on grass," Schoolwerth said. "It's much more of a big ball game, just hit the ball up into space and see where it goes."

Unfortunately for Harvard, it didn't seem to go to any of the right places, and the Crimson was left with two maddening losses to a team it always felt it was capable of beating.

"It's definitely frustrating to lose to [Dartmouth] again," Schoolwerth said. "We lost for the same reasons--they're a very physical team and though we're physical too, we're much more of a passing team."