After 40 minutes of play, Clarkson had registered just seven shot attempts, and sophomore goalie Laura Bellamy—who picked up her seventh win in net—had stopped them all.

“We’re getting stingy [on defense] and that’s what we need to do,” Stone said. “I think our defensemen are starting to feel better and a little bit more confident.”

Harvard’s offense also had a strong start.

It took Harvard less than seven minutes to get on the scoreboard, as Fry finished a pass from tri-captain Liza Ryabkina with 13:22 left in the first to take the 1-0 lead.

The Crimson padded its lead in the second frame, capitalizing on a Golden Knights penalty to go up 2-0. Gedman did the honors on Harvard’s second score, firing a shot from just inside the blue line that sailed past the Clarkson goalkeeper and into the net.

“I was just trying to get it to the net and good things happened,” said Gedman, who now has two scores on the season.

The Crimson continued to push the pace offensively, entering the third period with a 24-7 shot advantage and a 2-0 lead.

With the two weekend victories, Harvard moved into a tie for second place in the ECAC standings,

“Every win is so important,” Stone said. “That’s our goal is to win two every weekend.”

—Staff writer Martin Kessler can be reached at martin.kessler@college.harvard.edu.