The Crimson set up its vaunted power play unit, and Mleczko began rotating the puck. She fed Botterill in the right circle, and Botterill found Ruggiero at the right point. Ruggiero swung it back to Mleczko, who walked into the high slot and fired a hard slapshot past Cahill to complete the hat trick.

Ruggiero got into the action after a tripping penalty against Big Green freshman defenseman Correne Bredin at 17:29. Ruggiero won the puck 14 seconds later in the neutral zone, walked through a Dartmouth defender--breaking her opponents stick along the way--then skated into the crease to put back a rebound.

Shewchuk finished off the Big Green 25 seconds later when Francisco, centering on the man advantage, found her in the slot. Shewchuk rotated to her forehand as she attacked Cahill, hesitated and then found the far post for her second goal of the game.

But Harvard was not finished even after the end of the most impressive period of Harvard's dominant season.

With 10:45 left in the game, the third line of sophomore center Tara Dunn and junior wingers Sally Maloney and Kim McManama dumped the puck into the offensive zone. After a line change, the top line worked the puck to Ruggiero at the center point, and the First Team ECAC standout sent her scorching slapshot on a blazing path that ended at the back of the Dartmouth net.

Springer made the only mistake of an otherwise flawless, 20-save performance with 8:13 left in regulation and the Big Green desperately throwing shots on goal with man advantage. Springer fumbled a shot from sophomore center Lauren Trottier, and the puck managed to trickle past the crease for Dartmouth's lone goal.

The top Crimson line rounded out the scoring in impressive fashion. At 12:48 of the third, Shewchuk sent a cross-ice pass to Botterill, and the ECAC Rookie of the Year was waiting at the right post to knock in her only goal of the game.