“[Against Penn], we had bursts for five and ten minutes where we played super hard and then we had lags,” Painter said. “We need to keep it up for a full 70 minutes. We did that today and came home with the win.”

After 24:44 of play in the second half, Painter scored her second goal, emerging from a scramble in front of the net.

The ball was sent in by freshman back Elizabeth Jacobson.

Soon after, Bryant forward Rosie Bird found a hole in the Crimson defense and dribbled her way through the circle only to find her shot blocked by a diving Tassopoulous.

Bryant finished the game with two penalties, two shots, while Tassopoulous recorded two more saves.

The game marked Harvard’s fourth win against the Bulldogs in as many seasons.

“We deserve it,” Painter said. “Every practice we’ve been coming out better and better, and we finally got another W on the board. It feels great. We can win and we can be winners.”

Harvard hopes to carry this newfound momentum into its upcoming Ivy League matchups.

“I hope that this game will give the team a little more confidence,” Herwaarden said. “We’re heading to Brown next Saturday. This [win] is proving that we are on the right track and developing a system that can work and will create enough attacking flow while maintaining enough defense structure.”