"I took a few more swipes than I would have liked to on that play," Mleczko said. "Tammy found me in front with a great pass, and I thought Roberts would slide by me, so I tried to go to the short side. But she was there again and again and neither of us could control the puck, and finally I was able to get it over her. It was definitely a feeling of elation."

But the nation's longest winning streak was in jeopardy when Harvard Coach Katey Stone called a timeout at 18:27 of the third. After Harvard took a 3-2 lead into the final period, UNH came back with two goals within 32 seconds of each other with less than five minutes left in regulation. At the same time, the Crimson was struggling to set up in the offensive zone.

After the timeout, Stone sent in her power-play unit of Mleczko, Shewchuk, sophomore forward Angie Francisco and freshman standouts Jen Botterill and Angela Ruggiero. UNH junior winger Melissa McKenzie iced the puck with 1:22 left in regulation, and that set the stage for one of the best-executed goals of the season.

Shewchuk won the ensuing faceoff to Ruggiero beyond the right circle. Ruggiero's initial slapshot was blocked, but the nation's highest-scoring defenseman reclaimed the puck, walked around a UNH defender and threaded a spectacular cross-ice pass to Shewchuk, who was all alone at the left post. The nation's leading goal scorer one-timed the puck past Roberts to even the score, 4-4.

"I was wide open backdoor, Angela saw a clear lane and gave me a terrific pass and it was a great play," Shewchuk said. "I was just hoping to get my stick on it, and Roberts was out of position, so it just went in."

The Crimson power-play unit stayed on the ice for the final 75 seconds of regulation, and created several more promising scoring opportunities. But Roberts and company held their own and willed their way to overtime.

Before Shewchuk's goal, Harvard found itself in a very unusual position. The Crimson had not trailed with less than 100 seconds in a game since the last time it traveled to Brown's Meehan Auditorium--Nov. 15, when it suffered its only loss of the season at the hands of Tara Mounsey and the Bears.

The Wildcats gave the Crimson possibly its biggest scare of the season with just 4:22 left in regulation. UNH junior center Carisa Zaban got the puck in the right corner and walked along the goal line in front of the net, deked Springer with some impressive stickwork and sent the puck into the far corner of the goal.