The Crimson pressured the Huskies all night, winning the shots-on-goal battle, 36-23. Shewchuk and Botterill fired from every angle, but so did everyone else. Ruggiero did not hesitate to stickhandle through the defense to give Harvard a 3-2 lead in the second period, and junior winger Tara Dunn had several chances to score in the third frame off passes from classmate Kiirsten Suurkask.

"This was a total team effort," said Harvard Coach Katey Stone. "Everyone played so unselfishly and wanted to help the team. This was exactly what you want for a great college hockey game."

Northeastern made the most of its chances on the other end of the ice, but the reason the game went into overtime was Silva's glove. Silva won the Joe Bertagna '73 Award, given to the goalie with the highest save percentage in the Beanpot.

"Silva had a great game for us," said Northeastern captain Hilary Witt, who was announced as one of the 10 nominees for this year's Patty Kazmaier Award yesterday along with Botterill and Ruggiero. "It was too bad we didn't come through for her in overtime."

Instead, Harvard's offense came through. The Crimson had been generating scoring opportunities around the crease all evening, but the Huskies countered by packing in their defense and putting the game on Silva's shoulders.

That's what No. 5 Dartmouth did last Sunday, when Amy Ferguson had 37 saves as the Big Green beat the Crimson, 5-3. No. 8 Providence used the same strategy the weekend before as Sara DeCosta, a gold medalist on the 1998 U.S. Olympic Team, shutout Harvard for the first time in 83 games.

Everyone knows that Harvard will bring pressure on the offensive end. The Crimson has been frustrated by physical defenses and great goaltending recently, but that didn't matter in the Beanpot.