Van Beusekom meekly skated out of the net in a vain attempt to force Shewchuk into a mistake, but Shewchuk undauntedly maneuvered to the left, past the young Princeton keeper, and fired the puck into the open net.

"I got a great pass from Jen, all the way, coast-to-coast basically," Shewchuk said. "She just made my job easy. I just put a move on [Van Beusekom]. And, fortunately, the goalie made the first move and, when they do that, it's not that difficult."

Nothing could have prepared Van Beusekom for the sight of one of the world's best forwards breaking towards her at full speed--not even any pre-game advice from Harvard's former goaltender.

"What information can you give?" Springer said. "She might shoot, she might deke, she might pass. All you can do is play hard and do all the little things right. Over 90 percent of the time it worked out for [Van Beusekom] today."

In the game's final minutes, the Harvard forwards helped to preserve Ruddock's shutout in the best way possible--they kept the puck in the Princeton end and scored two more goals.

Harvard's third goal came on its final power play of the afternoon. After endless cycling of the puck, Botterill found herself stationed in the deep left corner of the ice. Yards away from any defender, she darted unobstructed towards the net. With a variety of options to choose from as she strode into the crease, she took the easiest one--slipping the puck inside the left pipe.

Botterill one-timed a pass at the edge of the crease from Shewchuk to give Harvard a four-goal lead and leave the pair with identical statistics--two goals and two assists--for the afternoon.