The Crimson was able to capitalize off of a Big Red checking penalty early in the first period, as Zarzecki scored on a power play at the 17:53 mark of the opening frame. Zarzecki fielded a pass to the short side of the goal, trickling the puck past the defender. Thus far this season Zarzecki has seen time in all 15 of Harvard’s games, racking up six goals and three assists in her rookie campaign. Friday’s goal was her second power play tally of the season.

Contrasting first year experience with veteran ice time, Maschmeyer was a force in net, recording her fourth shut out of the season against Cornell, upping her save percentage to .958. During the course of the game, Maschmeyer held up the Big Red’s 23 shots on goal, moving her within 21 shots of taking the Crimson’s all time career save record.

“Emerance played really well and I think one of our team goals we are working [toward improving] is scoring and I think we were able to work on that during this game while we were able to do very well defensively as well,” Ziadie said.

Harvard’s second scoring effort came from Laing. With a minute and five seconds left in the contest, Laing got help from Daniels and D’Oench to hurdle the puck past Cornell goalie Marlen Boissonnault.

This was the Crimson’s first shut out since its Nov. 24 match up against Northeastern.

“The shut out was a testament to our whole team defense,” senior captain Michelle Picard said. “It was good to see our team come together and put out a full team effort.”

—Staff writer Ariel Smolik-Valles can be reached at ariel.smolik-valles@thecrimson.com.