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"Dartmouth forechecked really well and we did not respond as we could have," sophomore center Jen Botterill said. "But we have been fired up all week in practice and we feel ready for anything they throw at us."
"We were moving the puck well and playing as a team," Botterill said. "The quicker we move the puck, the more we get everyone into the game."
Jumping out to a big lead provides many luxuries. Sophomore center Jen Botterill's second goal of the game put Harvard ahead 5-0 just 44 seconds into the second period. That forced the Saints to play with desperation and try to force turnovers and shots in transition.
St. Lawrence also beat Harvard this season in New York, 4-2. But that was back on Thanksgiving weekend, when Botterill and junior winger Tammy Shewchuk, the team's top two scorers, were in Montreal playing for the Canadian National Team in the Three Nations Cup.
Saints winger Caroline Trudeau's unassisted goal in the third period, for example, came in transition right after scorching shots from both Botterill and Shewchuk had come up empty on the other end of the ice. But St. Lawrence simply lacked the offensive weapons to mount a legitimate comeback attempt...