Despite the momentum of the two late goals, the second period opened slowly. Primm broke the scoring silence with his second at 7:28, pushing the Crimson lead to 4-2.

Notre Dame answered quickly again, tying the game with goals from Devin Ryan and Chris Young. But Primm, with the Crimson on his back, scored with a minute and a half left in the period to give the Crimson a 5-4 lead going into the half.

In the next fifteen minutes, however, the Fighting Irish reached down and found the resilience that has kept them in the polls.

The Crimson came out firing with three goals in the period's initial eight minutes. Freshman midfielder Doug Logigian and junior attackman Roger Buttles each got their first, and Primm got his fourth.

But then came the flood.

Fueling the Irish's seven-goal slaughter was a renewed efficiency at nearly every point on the field. While face-offs had been relatively equal throughout the day, Notre Dame won eight of nine in the third and used the imbalance to set up its continuous attack.

Notre Dame also grabbed ten groundballs to the Crimson's four in the period, and outshot the Crimson 10-6.

At the end of the stampede, which extended into the fourth stanza, the Irish were up 11-8.