At the end of two periods, Harvard led 10-1. The Bulldogs' lone goal was the result of the Crimson defense accidentally knocking the puck into its own net in the first period.

"Those things happen and we learn from it," Stone said.

Harvard now looks ahead towards a showdown at No. 2 Brown on Wednesday night. The Crimson is the only ECAC team that the Bears failed to beat in their championship season last year.

Despite losing U.S. Olympic Team members Ali Brewer and Tara Mounsey from last year's team, Brown will be a formidable challenge.

Harvard 4, Princeton 0

Saturday afternoon's meeting between Harvard and Princeton started like the typical Botterill-Shewchuk highlight reel before transforming into a save-by-save duel between the teams' two freshman goaltenders.

The Crimson struck first at the tail end of a man-advantage in bang-bang fashion. In the final second of the power play, Botterill controlled the puck at the right half-boards, and spotted Shewchuk wide open on the left side of the crease. Botterill fired a bullet across the ice to Shewchuk, who one-timed the service forcefully and accurately into the fleetingly open portion of the net.

For the 42 minutes following the Shewchuk goal, the game belonged to the goaltenders, Ruddock of Harvard and Megan Van Beusekom of Princeton. With Botterill and Shewchuk on Harvard's side and first-team All-Ivy player Andrea Kilbourne on Princeton's side, both keepers were ably tested.