In the end, the Friars failed to handle Harvard's constant pressure on the net.
"What's really impressive about Harvard is how they have so much stamina, and how much Botterill and Shewchuk play," said Providence Coach Bob Deraney. "They just get better and better as the game goes along."
Deraney hoped the Crimson would wear down as it continued to rotate just two lines throughout the later part of the third period and the overtime, but it never happened.
"I kept thinking that they're going to get tired, but they didn't," said Deraney, who played three lines throughout the afternoon.
Stone has never been afraid to shorten up to two lines if necessary, knowing that her team is among the best-conditioned in the nation.
Despite having only nine forwards and five defensemen on its roster, the Crimson has four third-period, come-from-behind victories this season--two against Northeastern and one each against Cornell and Dartmouth.
"We keep drawing on that, knowing how hard we've worked off the ice," Stone said last month.
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