Baskind added a score of her own less than two minutes later, spinning off her defender and firing a shot into the corner of the net.
After nearly 40 minutes of play, Hannah Farr brought an end to the Cardinal shutout. Farr got free in front of the Crimson net and snuck one past Weiss to pull Stanford within six, 7-1.
But Harvard’s defense clamped down over the next 15 minutes of play, holding the visitors scoreless during that time.
“We’re a very athletic team, and defense is all about helping,” Tetreault said. “If we understand the system and we’re helping, we’re going to play good defense.”
With the Crimson in control defensively, sophomore Chelsey Newman scored and VanderMeulen added to more to give Harvard a 10-1 lead with 14:27 to play.
The Cardinal tacked on three scores in the final 4:01 to pull within six, 10-4.
—Staff writer Martin Kessler can be reached at martin.kessler@college.harvard.edu.