"St. Lawrence is strong, they're crafty and they're a very strong team," said Harvard Coach Katey Stone. "We were careless at spots and this game highlighted some of our weaknesses, but when we're not playing well we still find a way to win."

The Saints trailed by one goal with a minute left in the third period and St. Lawrence Coach Paul Flanagan pulled goaltender Caryn Ungewitter to send six skaters at Harvard senior netminder Crystal Springer. With 38 seconds remaining, Ruggiero won the puck in the defensive zone and sent a tremendous slapshot over both bluelines into the empty net to ice the victory.

That avenged a 4-2 loss at St. Lawrence Nov. 27, when Ungewitter stopped 44 Harvard shots for the upset. During the loss, Shewchuk and Botterill were in Montreal playing for the Canadian National Team at the Three Nations Cup. In Saturday's victory, they combined for three goals and for assists.

"When somebody's missing it messes up all the lines and the whole week of practice," Shewchuk said. "The team that we're playing against is not seeing us as a full team. It was nice to show them what Harvard can do tonight."

Shewchuk gave the Crimson the lead for good midway through the second period. Francisco found her open in the circle, and the conference's leading goal scorer finished the play.

"Angie did a good job tying up the girl in the corner and the puck popped out to me," Shewchuk said. "When I turned around there was nobody there so I went directly to the net. Ungewitter left the five-hole open so I just tried to not miss."

With 2:28 left in the period, Catlin scored the game-winner. Suurkask won a face-off in the offensive zone and, before St. Lawrence could blink, Catlin was at the doorstep sending the puck top-shelf.

"We have a play where I go behind the center if she wins the face-off and that's what Kiirsten did," Catlin said of her third collegiate goal. "I picked up the puck, twisted through their wing and took the shot."