Harvard's third line came up with the first Crimson goal in bizarre fashion. Freshman Mina Pell was left wide open in the right face-off circle, where she fired a pretty shot that clanked off the inside of the left post, but failed to find its way into the net.

While almost everyone stopped playing, thinking the puck had gone in, Pell put her own rebound into the net past the oblivious Yale defense.

"[The third line] is contributing a lot, and they're making an impact for us," Stone said. "If we can play three [lines], we'll play three. If we have to play two, we'll shorten it up."

The Elis did little to get in the way of Harvard's execution after falling behind. Shewchuk had three assists to go along with her record-breaking goals. Botterill had a hat trick and two assists. Sophomore Tracy Catlin scored her first two goals of the season.

Particularly promising for the Crimson was its scoring punch from the point, as sophomore defenders Jaime Hagerman and Pam Van Reesema each struck from the blue-line.

"If we don't have kids who can shoot at the point, they are going to pack it in on us all the time," Stone said. "When our kids from the point are starting to take a couple of shots, it gets them into a rhythm and it opens things up quite a bit."

Even junior goaltender Allison Kuusisto got in on the scoring action, earning an assist on Botterill's second goal after passing off to sophomore forward Kalen Ingram, who set Botterill free on a shorthanded breakaway.