It was quality, however, not quantity, that won the day for the Crimson. Harvard only took 23 shots on Friday but scored on five of them.

“We scored early, stunned [Barrie] a little bit,” Stone said. “We were on the mark and she didn’t get a lot of help. She’s very tempermental.”

Ingram opened the scoring three minutes into the game on a feed from Corriero. Ingram approached the net from the left side, faked a pass and then lofted a backhand into the upper left corner, giving Harvard a 1-0 lead.

With two minutes to play in the first period, Harvard doubled its lead on a blistering shot from the point by freshmen defender Emily Haigh. It was the second career goal for Haigh, who walked on to the team in September.

Haigh barely had time to celebrate before St. Lawrence responded. Nineteen seconds after Harvard’s goal, a defensive lapse led to Saints freshman forward Rebecca Russell with the puck in front of the net with Kingsbury, and nary a defender in sight. Russell dished to Kingsbury for the goal, making it 2-1 Harvard after one.

Harvard’s shooting percentage was a mean 67 percent in the first period. The Crimson managed only three shots, scoring on two of them, a surprising performance against Barrie. The Saints, for their part, were one for seven.

The Saints evened the score six minutes into the second period on a redirection by sophomore forward Ricki-Lee Doyle off sophomore defenseman Lindsay Charlebois’ shot from the point.

Harvard regained the lead on a tip-in of its own. Freshman forward Sarah Holbrook redirected Van Reesema’s shot over Barrie with seven minutes remaining in the period. It was the second goal of Holbrook’s career, and left the score 3-2 Harvard going into the third.

The Crimson extended its lead with five minutes to play in the game. Pell sailed towards the net and fired a shot that never left the ice, beating Barrie through the five-hole from an awkward angle

Once again, the Crimson’s two-goal lead was short-lived. Two and a half minutes later, the Saints cut the lead to 4-3, finally capitalizing on a powerplay when senior defender Colleen Coakley rifled a shot by Kuusisto.

This time, it was Harvard that responded almost immediately. Following Pell’s lead, Corriero fired a shot from a similar angle, beating Barrie top-shelf. Harvard never had a two-goal lead for more than two and a half minutes, but their two goal lead in the game’s final 87 seconds was enough for the victory.

“The underestimated us,” Stone said. “They’re very individual. We’re in really good shape, better shape then them and we just took them by surprise.”

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