Freshman Angela Ruggiero notched the firstpenalty of the game, called at 9:18 in to thesecond for high-sticking.

Harvard maintained control of the puck the BigRed during the penalty kill, keeping the puck outof their zone, and preventing a Cornell goal.

Ruggiero struck again at 13:51 with a holdingcall, giving the Big Red yet another chance theywere unable to capitalize on.

A Cornell penalty on Colette Bredin forroughing only 15 seconds in to the third gaveHarvard its first power play opportunity of thenight.

Sophomore Angie Francisco raised the pointtotal to 4-0 Harvard, with the power play goal 53seconds into the final period.

Despite the control that Harvard had over thegame, it seemed that the third period was itsweakest.

"We got on them early, but if you allow a teamlike this to keep building momentum, you neverknow what's going to happen," Stone said. "We hada little sour taste in our mouths due to somedefensive breakdowns. If we're going to continueto play like this, we're going to get stung."

Cornell's Danielle Bilodeau attempted to bringthe Big Red back in to the game, scoring a pair ofgoals within one minute of each other. The goal at18:35 kept Cornell from a shutout, and another at19:09 brought the Big Red within two.

"Unfortunately, things like that happen andluckily it wasn't a game-winning or game-tyinggoal in the last minute of play," Mleczko said."We had a little bit of a cushion. It's been along couple of weeks, and we've had some reallytough games. Our big challenge is to stay togetheras a team and stay focused."

Despite the last ditch effort by the Big Red,they couldn't close the gap, leaving Harvard witha bittersweet 4-2 victory.

Harvard 10, St. Lawrence 2

Yesterday afternoon the Crimson continued toroll over upstate New York, this time with aneight-goal cushion over St. Lawrence (10-16-2,7-15-2 ECAC).

Ruggiero and Shewchuk came out strong early,scoring at 13:18 and 14:38 of the first period,respectively. The Crimson would go on to score athird goal, at 17:10 on a power play.

Harvard struck twice more, only four minutesinto the second period. Freshman Jen Geromettatook a pass from Ruggiero at 4:07 to give theCrimson a four-goal advantage, and Botterillcushioned the lead at 4:27 with a pass fromMleczko.

Mleczko made it 6-0 Harvard at 7:25, and apower play gave Shewchuk the opportunity for asecond goal, scoring the seventh Crimson goal ofthe night at 13:38.