"The goals started coming and they just had a domino effect," Kalil said. "We were very calm, we knew what we had to accomplish, and we did a good job testing the waters."

Sarles then chipped in both of her goals, converting a one-timer on a penalty corner with 30:00 remaining and finishing Ingram's feed 1:08 later.

Dick rounded out the scoring, punching in a loose ball from the crease with 23:24 remaining, then burying the rebound of a shot by junior midfielder Maisa Badawy with 4:12 to play. Badawy finished the weekend with four assists.

Kalil, who was third on the team in scoring with five goals and six assists in 1998, keyed a Crimson offensive rush late in the first half that answered Vermont's only tally of the game.

Kalil took a feed in the midfield and outran Vermont's sweeper to create a one-on-one match-up with Colberg. Kalil then induced Colberg to go down for a potential save, then took the ball around her to the right side and found an angle into the bottom left corner of the net with just 19 seconds remaining in the first to make the score 3-1.

A second score by Kalil just before halftime would have made the score 4-1, but it was disallowed because it came after time had expired.

"Even though it didn't count, I think that goal psyched us up," Kalil said. "We came back strong in the second half and we just tried to prolong our crescendo for as long as we could."

Jordan's new surface paid immediate dividends, as the Crimson had a substantial advantage on the fast-moving surface. Harvard kept the ball for most of the game, and Cowan only had to make four saves in 40 minutes. Sophomore Jen Crusius played the other 30 and stopped one shot.