Harvard 7, Princeton 1

The Crimson came to play where it mattered yesterday--in the defensive zone.

Harvard held Princeton's high-scoring trio of Andrea Kilbourne and Annamarie and Nikola Holmes in check. The Tigers' only goal came from forward Melissa Deland late in the third, after the Crimson had already scored seven goals.

"This was one of the best games we've played all season," Stone said. "We really dictated play after the first three minutes of the game. We were breaking the puck out of the defensive zone really well."

But the game was close until the final period. Harvard outshot Princeton 21-15 through the first two periods, but it only led 2-0.

Junior center Kiirsten Suurkask scored the eventual game-winning goal with 5:59 left in the second when she grabbed a loose puck in the slot and sent it top-shelf past Princeton goaltender Sarah Alquist to give the Crimson a two-goal lead.

Suurkask tied a career-high with five points yesterday, including a goal and three assists during Harvard's power-play explosion early in the third.

"We had been getting chances on the power play throughout the game," Suurkask said. "But we weren't finishing on them and it was frustrating. Then it just all came together at once."