But when the period was over, Brown had snuck ahead, 5-3.

"Everytime we had the ball, it looked like we could score," Harvard Co-Captain Chris Pujols said. "But we didn't get the ball that often. They kept coming down with their ball-control offense."

Buonnano missed a back-handed flip at the beginning of the second quarter and Harvard junior Rufus Clark charged to the Brown end, beating Bruin goalie Scott Lohan from the left.

Down only 6-4, the Crimson put together several rushes in the middle of the period--including two blasts from attack Nick Nero.

But Lohan, who finished with 14 saves, stalled the Harvard offense and Gagnon and Buonnano pumped in back-to-back goals to put the Bruins in front, 8-4, with 11 minutes left in the half.

Both teams netted three goals apiece before halftime.

"We felt we could come back," Scalise said. "But we were a little too tentative on the attack in the second half."

And the Crimson couldn't stop Gagnon, who pounded home two of his game-high five goals in the third period.

"More important than those goals was the way we played defense," Gagnon said. "We didn't let them score in the third period."

Gagnon flipped in his final goal of the game with six minutes left in the third quarter.

"Way to go, Bruno, way to go," the crowd chanted.

Harvard attack Tom Corcoran pounded home two goals, and King added another in the final stanza.

THE NOTEBOOK Harvard has now lost two in a row...Corcoran finished with a team-high three goals. Clark and Brad Raymond had two goals each... Harvard goalie Mark Vita recorded 23 saves...Gagnon led the Bruins in assists with three...Pujols netted one goal to give him a team-leading 16 on the year...Gagnon leads the Bruins in both goals (23) and assists (18).