DURHAM, N.H.—Harvard women’s hockey coach Katey Stone did not hold back any praise for junior center Kalen Ingram after the Crimson’s 4-3 road victory over No. 6 New Hampshire at the Whittemore Center Friday night.

Ingram was worthy of every word.

Her hat trick of three mirror-image power-play goals was the difference as No. 10 Harvard survived an emotionally wrenching game marred by freshman Nicole Corriero’s scary second-period collision into the rear boards and UNH’s fiery third-period rally.

“[Ingram] put herself in the right spot three times on our power play. That kid was awesome. She gets better every single game. I said from the day she got here three years ago, she’s the smartest player I’ve ever had,” Stone said.

Harvard (7-6-1) has now beaten UNH (11-4-1) nine consecutive times since the national championship season of 1999, when the Crimson swept the Wildcats in the regular season and beat them in overtime of the ECAC and AWCHA championship games. Harvard was 0-22-1 against UNH prior to that year.

Ingram thought that Harvard goaltender Alison Kuusisto deserved more credit for the victory than she did. On the strength of Kuusisto’s career-high matching 38 saves, the Crimson won the game despite being outshot 41-28.

“Our goalie kept us in there in the second period when we were dead,” Ingram said. “She made some big saves and that’s what we needed, because we have a young team and sometimes it takes a little longer to figure things out. She was the No. 1 star for us [on Friday].”

On each of Ingram’s three power-play goals, Crimson defenseman Pamela Van Reesema set her up in front from the left point.

On the first goal, which came just 3:16 into the game, Van Reesema's shot hung at the top of the crease, and as New Hampshire goaltender Jen Huggon moved out of position to play it, Ingram put it past her.

For the second goal—which came at 9:54 of the first—Harvard center Lauren McAuliffe got the initial deflection, but the puck came right back to Ingram as Huggon was taken out of the play. Ingram then calmly skated out of traffic and backhanded the puck into the open net.

Ingram completed the hat trick with a deflection from the top of the crease just 2:08 into the third period.

She was surprised that UNH left her so uncovered all night.

"They play a box, and they just stick to the box, and we recognized that," Ingram said. "Normally I just play on the wing there, and coming in no one would pick me up."

Ingram had scored just two goals this season entering the night, but she more than doubled her season total in one game. Although her goal-scoring numbers have been down this season, she had been leading the nation in assists-per-game with 14 in 11 contests entering this week.

Despite falling behind 2-0 and 4-1, UNH stayed in the game. A major turning point came with 5:30 left in the second period, when Wildcat center Debbie Bernhard hit Corriero from behind. The collision caused Corriero, who had already been down on the ice, to hit the rear boards head-first.