This win was also surprisingly easily. Tri-captain Leslie Bennett was superb in the middle, scoring three of her four goals in the fourth quarter.
"Leslie was really great out there," Floerchinger said. "She had struggled in a few previous games, but she really turned it on this time out."
Sophomore netminder Danielle McCarthy had ten blocks -including a rejection of an early 'Nova penalty shot -and anchored a defense that shut down the Wildcat attack.
"We knew we'd win going into this one," Munoz said. "We beat them last time, and since then we've just been working on the same defense that beat them at ECACs."
Floerchinger added that, despite the closer margin, this was the more impressive of the two wins.
"The last time we met them, they didn't play very well and we were great," Floerchinger said. "This time, they executed a lot better. They pulled out their 'A' game, and we were still able to get past them."
In the semifinal game, the Crimson lost another tough match to a strong UMass squad, 8-4. In defeating the Crimson for the fifth time this year, Minutewomen goaltender Dana Sinkwich had 16 saves in the contest, and held Harvard scoreless until the third quarter.
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