Harvard's extended man-advantage began 19 seconds into the final period thanks to a major penalty for boarding against Annamarie Holmes. That put Holmes, who is second amongst all defensemen in the conference in scoring behind Harvard's Angela Ruggiero, in the penalty box for five minutes.

Harvard junior forward Angie Francisco went to the box 19 seconds later. When she returned, however, the Crimson piled up four power-play goals in a span of 1:21, including two from junior forward Tara Dunn and one each from Suurkask and Ruggiero. Senior forward Courtney Smith's first goal of the season finished off Harvard's scoring at 9:14 of the third.

Before the scoring outburst, however, it was the defense that stifled Princeton. The Tigers took 21 shots, but Kilbourne and the Holmes sisters could not produce any quality scoring sequences.

"My defensemen played great today," Springer said. "We were forcing them to take bad shots or not giving them good opportunities to score."

Led by Ruggiero and her blueline partner, freshman Jamie Hagerman, the defense did not let Princeton set up its offense. The Crimson swept away most rebounds and immediately passed out of the defensive zone.

"Today we were poised in the defensive zone," Francisco said. "We were making good passes and they turned into good rushes going the other way."

Francisco opened the scoring for the Crimson 5:38 into the game on the power play. Ruggiero fired a slapshot on goal and Francisco knocked in the rebound from the post.