"We had great puck movement today," Harvard coach Katey Stone said. "If not for a great effort by their goaltender, they would have been in a lot of trouble out there."

The Crimson's game-winning goal came by the hand of senior defenseman Jamie Notman.

One minute into the second period, Notman took a pass from sophomore forward Kalen Ingram and stood at the blueline. Notman then fired a bouncing puck into the traffic in front of the net. The puck skipped under Maine goaltender Amanda Cronin and gave the Crimson a 2-0 lead.

Ingram opened the scoring just 24 seconds into the game, taking the puck off the faceoff and stuffing it under Cronin to put Harvard up 1-0. This was the Crimson's only score of the first period, but not due to a lack of effort.

Harvard outshot the Black Bears 21-5 in the opening frame.

"We really dominated offensively," Ingram said. "Sometimes we sort of lose it a bit and give up some chances, but today we played great in the defensive zone."

After Notman's goal in the second stanza, sophomore forward Tracy Catlin tallied the Crimson's third goal five minutes later.

Catlin, standing in front of the net, deflected a shot from Notman and guided it under Cronin to make the score 3-0.