With two minutes left in the first period, Shewchuk weaved in between a pair of Saint defenders and took an open shot on Barrie. When the rebound returned to the front of the crease, Ingram retrieved it and fired the puck inside the right post to up the Crimson lead to 2-0.

With the Saints reeling from Harvard's quick strikes, the Crimson struck again 17 seconds later.

Francisco took the puck at center ice and flew down the left side with senior winger Kiirsten Suurkask on an odd-man rush. Drawing Barrie towards her, Francisco then slid the puck across the crease to Suurkask, who shot it over the sliding Barrie's right pad to increase the lead to 3-0.

"We made a lot of mistakes defensively," said St. Lawrence Coach Paul Flanagan. "You can't give up odd-man rushes to a team like that."

Ruddock kept the Saints off the scoreboard throughout the opening flury of the first five minutes in which St. Lawrence outshot Harvard, 7-0. She helped the Crimson control the tempo of the game and denied any attempt at a comeback. Ruddock finished with 35 saves, while Barrie recorded 42 at the other end.

"Jess Ruddock played incredibly at the start of the game," Botterill said. "We weren't playing so well defensively and she was making some huge saves."

Freshman winger Mina Pell tallied Harvard's fourth score at 4:16 of the second period off a rebound manufactured by the Crimson's second line, and sophomore winger Amanda Sargeant netted the Saints' only goal of the game, a power play goal at 9:27 of the second frame.