Until the final minute of regulation, Harvard was unable to add to its two-goal lead. But solid forechecking--especially from the line of Suurkask, Catlin and freshman winger Kalen Ingram--kept the puck out of the defensive zone and the Saints could not set up their offense. Although St. Lawrence forward Caroline Trudeau cut the lead to one with 11:15 remaining, the Saints only managed five shots in the entire third period.

"We've been working on a new forecheck where we lock on the wing that's coming out," Catlin said. "We don't have the playmaking skills that the first line has so we definitely put a lot of effort into dumping it in and forechecking all over the ice."

The Saints led early in the second period when rookie Shannon Smith set up classmate Chera Marshall to make the score 2-1. But Harvard got the equalizer less than five minutes later on a power play goal from Francisco.

Shewchuk added a second goal late in the game on the face-off following Ruggiero's empty-netter. Botterill scored in the first period for Harvard, as did St. Lawrence rookie Vicky Hauck.

Harvard 5, Cornell 0

It was business as usual for the Crimson the night before, as it handily dispatched the Cornell Big Red, 5-0, in an impressive display of dominance.

Shewchuk and Botterill each scored twice for the Crimson, with Ruggiero notching the Crimson's fifth goal with less than two minutes to play in the third period. By the end of the night, Harvard had taken a whopping 60 shots, 40 of which were on target, and only an impressive effort by Cornell's freshman goaltender prevented a Harvard blowout.

"I think we did have an advantage in many aspects," Botterill said, "but they're always a tough team, so we had to play pretty well."