Harvard got on the board less than two minutes into the game with senior forward Kate Nagle's second goal of the season. URI's Marcie Bourski evened the game 54 seconds later. McDavitt gave the Crimson a 2-1 lead at 14:14 of the first half.
Harvard 4, Vermont 0
The Crimson scored three times in the first half, pelting Vermont goaltender Holly Colberg with 21 shots en route to a 4-0 shutout.
Junior Eliza Dick opened the scoring with an unassisted goal at 29:29 of the first. Nagle and Gambale then hooked up for Harvard's second goal, with Gambale converting a Nagle feed to give Harvard a 2-0 lead.
Nagle, though, would get one of her own less than five minutes later, scoring off an assist by McDavitt at 11:45.
The second half, however, belonged to Colberg. The Catamount netminder faced a 13 shot blitz, but only McDavitt could find the back of the net, scoring at 31:50.
Harvard's opening-season homestand continues Thursday against California under the lights at Jordan.