While the Crimson was able to get 50 shots off against Bulldog goalie Sarah Love, 48 of them were turned away. Love has a history of keeping her team alive against Harvard—last year she held the Crimson scoreless until Corriero managed to break through in the last minute of play.

“The goalie absolutely stood on her head,” Sweet said.

The Bulldogs managed to fire 31 shots against Harvard sophomore goalie Emily Vitt. It was Vitt’s first collegiate loss.

The winning goal against Vitt came at 9:16 in the third period with Yale forward Erin Duggan scoring during a Bulldog power play. Duggan was assisted by Sheila Zingler, who after getting the rebound, managed to put the puck on the goal line for Duggan to tap in.

The Bulldogs took the lead in the first period, as well, with Nicole Symington scoring just 3:16 into the game by putting the puck right through Vitt’s pads. Yale went on to increase its lead to 2-0 over the Crimson when at 4:13 in the second period, Bulldog Kelsey Johnson slipped an apparently harmless shot past Vitt.

But Harvard seemed to rally later on in the game. Sophomore defender Caitlin Cahow scored the first goal for the Crimson during a power play at 10:07 in the second frame. Jennifer Skinner would pick up the assist after passing the puck across to Cahow at the point and allowing Cahow to put her shot just inside the left post. Although Harvard would receive eight power plays over the course of the game, Cahow’s goal would remain the only score with Yale a man down.

With the score at 3-1 the Crimson made a last-chance effort midway through the third period, when Harvard junior forward Carrie Schroyer scored her first goal of the season.

Schroyer’s goal was almost not counted as the referee blew the whistle after her shot. The goalie had slid back into the net with the puck underneath her, but luckily for Harvard, the linesman met with the referee and the result was that they allowed the goal.

The Crimson got one last chance to bring the game to a tie when they got a 5-on-3 power play at 6:12 in the third period, but Love kept the puck out of her net and dashed the Crimson’s hopes for a win.

“We could have and should have won [this game],” Corriero said. “But sometimes in [this] type of game stuff just doesn’t go your way.”