"Dartmouth took some potshots and we got alittle frustrated," Coach Katey Stone said. "Butwe're the No. 1 team in the country and, if we'restill surprised about getting jabs from opponents,then we're just babes in the woods."

Shewchuk gave Harvard a 3-2 lead 3:21 into thethird period when Mleczko, handling behind theDartmouth goal, gave her the puck in the rightcircle. Shewchuk blew past one defender and sent ashot past Cahill's pads.

But that was the first sign of life from aCrimson offense which managed only four shots ongoal in the second period.

For one of the few times all season, Harvardfound itself spending the bulk of the action inthe defensive zone as aggressive forechecking byDartmouth and sloppy passing by Harvard preventedthe Crimson from setting up its potent offensiveattack.

"Dartmouth has a unique 1-3-1 forecheck andthey covered all our outlets," Mleczko said. "Theycrashed the wings and covered our centers and weweren't making good passes out of the defensivezone. Four shots in a period is not enough."

Harvard took a 2-1 lead 1:03 into the secondwhen Cahill failed to cover a loose puck in thecrease and Botterill knocked it into the net.

But Dartmouth's physical forechecking slowedthe tempo and gave the Big Green offense plenty oftime to create a shot.

That shot finally came with 4:33 left in theperiod when a slapper from the blue line bysophomore defenseman Liz Marci sailed pastKuusisto and Knotted the score at 2-2.

"In the second period they were banging us andgetting away with it." Stone said. "We weren'tmoving our feet like the fast-skating team that weare."

Freshman defenseman Correne Bredin--who trailsonly Ruggiero in scoring among freshmandefenseman--got the Big Green on the board at18:30 of the first period.

Botterill opened the scoring 12:57 into thegame on a two-on-one breakaway with Mleczko.Mleczko recorded the first of her game-high threeassists by feeding Botterill in the slot for thescore.

"This was a good, very intense, game and I wasa little nervous about it at the end," Stone said."I've seen these kids get the job done so manytimes, but I keep wondering when will our luck runout."

Harvard 10, Boston College 0

In the final regular season home game of hercareer, Mleczko broke two more records with a hattrick and three assists as the Crimson easilyglided past the 12th-place Golden Eagles (8-20-2,4-18-2) for the third time this season, 19-0.

With her goal 10:52 into the second period, theformer Olympian broke the Harvard single-seasonscoring record, previously held by currentAthletic Director Bill Cleary '56 for 89 points in1954-55.