“We came out on our heels,” Kutner said. “After halftime we came out with nothing to lose, and we needed to have that attitude in the beginning.”

Harvard began the second half with Mancini making two good saves, but pressure by Princeton’s midfield left Mancini with no outlets after her second save. Mancini’s pass was picked off by Biles who went in one-on-one and scored.

Harvard would finally get on the board two minutes later. Sophomore midfielder Jen Brooks found a cutting Shaughnessy whose low shot beat Princeton goaltender Meghan McInnes. The goal was Shaughnessy’s twelfth on the season.

After several minutes of transitional play through the midfield, Princeton responded with three straight goals to go up 13-1 with just under thirteen minutes to play.

“We weren’t hanging our heads,” Shaughnessy said. “We still had to fight.”

The Crimson did fight back, with three straight goals of its own.

On a nice individual effort, Kutner worked from behind the net to beat McInnes for her third goal of the year.

Shaughnessy then converted a free position attempt and sophomore attacker Ashley Austin found the net after McInnes had been drawn out trying to intercept a pass.

Princeton would score with just ten seconds remaining to close the game with a ten-goal victory.

The Crimson played the Tigers to a 5-4 second half, however, and it will be looking to build on that performance going into Wednesday’s game against Dartmouth.

“We have a tough game Wednesday, so it was good to play well in the second half,” Shaughnessy said.

The Crimson will face a strong Dartmouth team (8-3, 3-2) ranked No. 18 in last week’s IWLCA national poll.

“We have to go out from the beginning and play like we did at the end of this game,” Kutner said.

Game time against the Big Green is 6 p.m. Wed. on Jordan Field.