However, Harvard was able to climb back into the contest, as Shaughnessy intercepted a clear by New Hampshire senior goalkeeper Amanda Warren and tucked the ball into the net from the weak side. Two minutes later, Crimson co-captain Alli Harper scored on a free position shot to bring Harvard within one.

Christopher yet again ended Crimson thoughts of gaining momentum. She scored to spark a three-goal run that spanned six minutes and featured a goal and an assist by Wildcat freshman Christine Anneberg.

Anneberg's former high school teammate, Harvard junior midfielder Heather Gotha, notched a free position goal with 1:09 left in the half, but Christopher got the goal back just fourteen seconds later to give New Hampshire an 8-4 halftime advantage.

At the start of the second half, Crimson senior attacker Lauren Corkery and Anneberg traded goals before a Harper free position score initiated a string of three goals in 22 seconds, the final two of which were scored by the Wildcats.

Shaughnessy, though, responded with a free position goal that sparked a 4-0 Crimson run in which Harvard finally began to show some life and drew within one at 11-10. Junior Erin Kutner, who performed admirably on the defensive end in shadowing Christopher, came down the center and took a pass from Shaughnessy to score the third goal in the run, which was sandwiched between two tallies by junior midfielder Lizzy Frisbie.

With 14:28 to play, Corkery, taking a pass from Moroz on a free position play, answered a New Hampshire tally to decrease the Wildcats' advantage to 12-11, but that was as close as the Crimson would come.

Three New Hampshire goals, including Christopher's fifth, over the next fourteen minutes put the game out of reach for Harvard, despite a last-ditch effort by sophomore attacker Katie O'Brien that resulted in a goal with four seconds remaining.