A penalty against Brown junior forward AliKenney 45 seconds later gave Harvard a chance toextend its lead. Harvard passed out of thedefensive zone and Ruggiero skated across the blueline with only one Bear player defending her.

She skated to Brewer's left while Botterill,trailing on the breakaway, skated to the right.Ruggiero drew the Brown defender to her sidebefore feeding Botterill, who knocked in her fifthgame-winning goal of the season.

"We died after the third goal and let down alittle on our coverage," Brown Coach MargaretDigidio-Murphy said. "It was close but the bouncesdidn't go our way and then we just lost one periodof a hockey game."

The line of Dunn, Suurkask and Francisco hookedhooked up for a goal with 8:22 remaining to giveHarvard a commanding 4-1 lead.

Harvard 5, Providence 2

Harvard seemed to be in control in the firstperiod, outshooting Providence, 14-5. ButDeCosta's confidence between the pipes kept theCrimson offense silent by stopping Harvard's firstshots while not allowing the Crimson any secondchances.

Harvard's first rebound came 18:51 into thegame. Shewchuk, skating in from the left corner,fed Botterill in front of the net but DeCosta madea butterfly stop. She could not get up to coverthe puck, however, and Shewchuk sent home therebound from the left post.

"There was a scrum in front of the net,"Shewchuk said. "Bots took the first shot and Ijust knocked it in. We knew that DeCosta usuallymakes the first save and we tried to stayaggressive the entire game."

But Harvard had to settle for one goal andProvidence used a miracle to even the game 3:41into the second period. Junior defenseman KimMathias took a shot from the right corner thatbounced off the top of the net. Kuusisto turnedaround to look for the puck and somehow managed toknock it past the crease for the Friar goal.

That turn of events gave Providence momentumand Harvard needed a power play to regain the lead9:07 into the period. Shewchuk sent a cross-icepass to Botterill in the right face-off circle,and Botterill fed Francisco in the post for thescore.

Four late Crimson penalties gave the Friars theman advantage down the stretch.

The Providence power play unit capitalized 2:04into the final period when senior winger MyiaYates put back a rebound to tie the game at twogoals apiece.

The Crimson top line gave Harvard the lead forgood 41 seconds later when Botterill scored fromthe top of the right circle. That gave her anECAC-best six game-winning goals for the season.

HARVARD, 6-2 at Bright Hockey Center

Brown  0  1  1  --  2Harvard  0  1  5  --  6