“The good part of that situation was that [Princeton called] a timeout and we had a regular media timeout so we had some time to go through things on the sideline and I think our kids played that tremendously,” Stone said.
With the net still empty after the power play kill, Daniels took the opportunity to give her team an insurance goal when she scored an empty-net goal with the help of D’Oench with 12 seconds left in the game, sealing the 4-1 victory.
Harvard was able to kill all three of the opposition’s power plays throughout the night, which has been a point of improvement the team had looked to work on coming into Saturday’s contest.
Saturday’s victory was Harvard’s first win against a top ten team since scoring six goals against Clarkson on Jan. 9. With an upcoming schedule that includes a match up against top ranked Boston College, the Crimson will enter February with a win against a ranked opponent under its belt.
“We’ve hit a little bit of a rough patch in the past few weeks and I think the coaches have been going back to doing the little things and I think tonight was a great improvement,” D’Oench said.
—Staff writer Ariel Smolik-Valles can be reached at ariel.smolikvalles@thecrimson.com