Stone said stretching the limits of the roster would benefit the team in the immediate future.
“We’ve been playing lots of players,” Stone said. “It’s good experience, good conditioning.”
Harvard will need all the preparation it can get as it heads west at the end of the week to face No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth for a Friday-Saturday doubleheader.
“We’re ready,” Stone said. “We’ve had a pretty competitive schedule up to this point. Now it’s time to ratchet it up a little bit.”
But for now, Ruggiero said the Crimson will be able to enjoy winning its third game against a top ten opponent and its second against New Hampshire.
“It’s great to be challenged,” she said. “And it’s great to step up to that challenge.”
Harvard’s two games against Minnesota-Duluth will present a rematch of last year’s national championship bout, as well as the Crimson’s biggest challenge of the year.
The Bulldogs topped the Crimson 4-3 in last year’s championship game.