And though the Crimson still dominated the puck, its inability to convert came back to haunt it in the final five minutes of regulation, after Stone had pulled Bellamy in favor of junior Kylie Stephens.

Ketchum was able to slam home her second goal of the night off a rebound at 15:41, but the real scare came three minutes later when Harvard co-captain Kathryn Farni was sent to the penalty box.

Five seconds later, it was a one-goal game when Samantha McLean fired a slapshot past Stephens.

“We lacked a little intensity at the end,” Stone said. “Our kids would want to have that back.”

And for the first time all game, momentum had shifted to the Bulldogs. But all the Crimson had to do was keep the puck out of the net for a minute. Though the Bulldogs had the puck in the final seconds, they wouldn’t cross the blue line, and the Crimson escaped with a one-goal victory.

“I guess I wish we’d finished a little stronger than we did,” Stone said. “But you know, it’s okay—a win’s a win.”

—Staff writer Christina C. McClintock can be reached at ccmcclin@fas.harvard.edu.