Harvard's defense was rarely challenged throughout the night, but it did get a chance to show its resiliency after Maine forward Kelly Nelson scored the Black Bears' first goal of the night with 6:10 left in the first period.

Down 5-1, Maine was looking to surge off of Nelson's goal, but the Crimson responded, not allowing Maine another solid attempt on goal until the third period, when Raffi Wolfe hit a slapshot from just inside the blue line that slipped just over goaltender Alison Kuusisto's glove hand. Kuusisto had come in for starter Crystal Springer at the start of the second period.

"Maine always battles, but our team played really well together," Botterill said.

Aside from two minor defensive lapses that resulted in Maine goals, the Crimson played a near flawless game, controlling the puck and the speed of the game from start to finish.

The game saw many outstanding individual performances from Botterill, Shewchuck and others, but according to Botterill the key to winning was "a collective team effort [in which] everyone went out and did their job."

With two wins against Maine and New Hampshire over the weekend the Harvard women extended their winning streak to four games, the longest of the season. The Crimson look to carry that momentum into next weekend where they will face ECAC rivals Princeton and Yale on the road.