“We have spent a lot of time on special teams,” Crimson coach Katey Stone said. “It is much easier to kill a penalty then score a power-play goal. We have been pretty successful.”

Harvard went 2-for-6 on the power play for the day.

After the initial strike, the Raiders couldn’t get past the Crimson’s stifling defense and sophomore goaltender Ali Boe, who turned away all 12 shots sent her way to earn her fourth shutout of the season.

Boe’s value to the team, however, comes from the number of win she has posted, not the number of zeroes.

“It’s about the wins, not the shutouts,” Stone said. “[Boe] did a good job of controlling things in the defensive end, which is particularly impressive with the younger team that we have.”

Throughout the third period, Harvard pressed to increase its lead and secure the victory, putting 18 shots on goal.

Harvard 8, Cornell 3

After a shaky start against Cornell—in which Harvard found itself trailing 3-2 mid-second period—the Crimson answered in dominant fashion, finding the net six times in a row unanswered.

Twelve Harvard players notched points in the game—only Ruggiero scored twice—as the Crimson roared to a come-from-behind rout.

Cornell jumped out to a 3-2 lead at 6:55 in the second period after Pearle Nerenberg collected a rebound and shot it past Harvard goalie Emily Vitt for a power-play goal. It was the first time Harvard had been trailing all year.

“We were not ready to go tonight,” Stone said. “I don’t know why. We just were a little hesitant all over the ice. It was nice to be able to work through that, so we ended on a positive. But we certainly didn’t start on a positive.”

Stone called the Big Red, who jumped out to a surprising early lead, “much improved” from last year.

“In order for us to win games this year, no one’s going to hand us anything,” Stone said. “We’re going to have to earn everything we get.”

The Crimson was 3-4 on the power play, including the first goal of the game, tallied by Corriero.

“On power plays this year we’ve been struggling,” Corriero said. “So it was nice to get a power-play goal off the bat, and kind of inject some life into it.”