In fact, Harvard dominated play while shorthanded, spending much of both Wildcat power plays in the UNH zone.

Botterill completed her hat trick at 2:26 of the second, scoring from point blank range off of another Shewchuk assist.

UNH would answer five minutes later, when center Kira Misikowetz rifled a slap-shot from the faceoff circle to the right of Ruddock and into the back of the net. The goal seemed to energize the Wildcats, who pressed Harvard for the next few minutes, but they missed the net with most of their shots.

Harvard put the game away with a goal at 18:28 in the second when junior forward Vanessa Bazzocchi flipped in a goal from just in front of the net. Linemate Lauren McAuliffe got the primary assist, and Shewchuk, picked up her fourth assist of the game.

"That was the most special assist of the day," Shewchuk said. "Feeding the puck to [Botterill] is nothing new, but feeding it to my best friend is something special."

The goal came with the Crimson's third line on the ice, always a good sign considering the concerns over Harvard's lack of depth.

The Crimson only plays three lines, and the third line had combined for only eight points all season.