Two minutes later, with Harvard on the power play, Francisco cut across center ice and dropped the puck for the trailing Botterill.
Botterill instantly picked up the puck and fired at Nicholas from center ice.
Nicholas, who was screened by the traffic in front of the net, never saw the puck as it went under her right pad to give Botterill her second hat trick in as many days and Harvard the 4-3 lead at the end of two periods.
Providence tried to close the door on any further Harvard scoring by bringing in freshman goalie Quinlan. But Quinlan, who had been given the night off after losing 2-0 to Brown, fared even worse against the Crimson.
Six minutes into the period, Harvard senior forward Kiirsten
Suurkask cut across the crease and shot high on Quinlan. Quinlan made the save but the rebound went loose in front of the net and bounced right to
Francisco's stick.
Francisco easily shot the puck over the sprawled Quinlan to give Harvard a two-goal lead at 5-3.
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