After 17 minutes of scoreless hockey, sophomore winger Tracy Catlin finally put Harvard ahead with a tricky shot from behind that net that New Hampshire keeper Jen Huggon could not handle. As Catlin's shot hit Huggon's pads, Huggon fell back and knocked the puck into her own net.

The Crimson's top line did not connect until late in the second. Senior winger Tammy Shewchuk set up sophomore linemate Kalen Ingram deep in Wildcat territory with an open path to the net. Huggon played Ingram to shoot, but instead Ingram slipped the puck perfectly across the crease to Botterill on the opposite doorstep for Harvard's second goal--Botterill's nation-best 38th of the season.

"We started out a little slow, but as the game progressed, we got ourselves into a flow and became much more attacking," Stone said.

New Hampshire top center Michelle Thorton shadowed Botterill whenever the two were on the ice, but failed--as every team has failed since Botterill came to Harvard--to keep her out of the box score.

"[Shadowing] is an interesting philosophy, and it happens quite a bit with Jennifer," Stone said. "I understand why they do it, but it's tough when you sacrifice your best player for that. Michelle played well and got her chances, but Jen's tough to hang with."

The first line struck again in the final minute of the second period to put the game out of reach. As Huggon sprawled out to stop an Ingram shot from the right faceoff circle, Shewchuk gathered up the rebound lifted it into the net.

At the start of the third period, Harvard was penalized for a late return to the ice after the second intermission.

"It's clearly my fault," Stone said. "We were going over something we wanted to do on the power play, and it actually worked in the third period, so it's okay. Fortunately we feel real good about our penalty kill. But we have to be careful."