Cambridge, MA - With two goals in the both the first and second periods, Harvard University quickly put an end to the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team's seven-game unbeaten streak with a 5-0 shutout of the Golden Knights in ECAC Hockey action on Friday night.

The Golden Knights, ranked 10th in the country, dropped to 10-3-2 overall, while fifth-ranked Harvard improved to 5-0-0. Clarkson will play another tough opponent on Saturday when its faces Dartmouth.

Though the Knights were narrowly out shot 26-22 and had five power-play advantages, they were unable to find the back of the net against the top-rated defensive team in the country. Harvard out shot Clarkson 9-4 in the first period and two of those nine shots found the back of the net for the Crimson. Katharine Chute scored twice in a span of less than five minutes in the second half of the period for all of the scoring that Harvard would need. The Crimson then added a pair of goals in the second period with Sarah Vaillancourt and Sarah Wilson tallying in the first seven minutes of the frame. A final goal in the waning minutes of the third from Jenny Brine finished the scoring for the Crimson.

Eve Grandmont-Berube (Drummondville, QUE) stopped nine shots through the first half of the game and then Lauren Dahm (Baldwinsville, NY) came on to make 12 saves in the final 33 minutes. Christina Kessler made 22 saves in the shutout for Harvard.

Harvard was 2-for-3 on the power play while Clarkson went scoreless in five chances with the man-advantage.