Two minutes later, Shewchuk fed Botterill along the boards, and she skated around the net to score from point-blank range.

Harvard 1, Providence 1

The Friars (9-4-3, 6-3-3) got an early goal and then relied on goaltender Sara DeCosta, a gold medalist on the 1998 U.S. Olympic Team, to keep them in the game and move into fifth place in the conference with a 1-1 tie on Saturday at Schneider Arena.

"For some reason, we are not starting out as strong as we would like," Stone said. "Both Northeastern and Providence scored in the first three minutes of the game. We shut Providence down after that, but DeCosta shut as down, too. We had great chances and she was just everywhere, it seemed like she had arms and legs all over the place."

Providence's only goal came 52 seconds into the game when forward Jennifer Butsch set up defenseman Jennifer Kranz. DeCosta, who is tied for first in the ECAC with a .950 save percentage, then stopped 38 of 39 Crimson shots in regulation to force overtime. She made seven saves in regulation to deny Harvard a victory.

"DeCosta stood on her head," said Ruggiero, who was DeCosta's Olympic teammate. "We put a lot of pressure on them, it was just a matter of finishing."

Shewchuk evened the score at 6:26 of the second period, with assists from Ruggiero and Botterill.

Seventeen penalties were called, 10 of them as matching minors. There were three penalties in the final two minutes of regulation and Harvard had a four-on-three advantage for 51 seconds but could not score. DeCosta also stopped the Crimson power play during the final 1:07 of overtime.