There is no reason for anyone wearing Harvard's home black and white to get blue in the face over these early-season losses--each one of them has come against a class opponent, and the schedule keeps bombarding the Crimson with more of them.

National powerhouse Clemson is next, and Harvard may have to face the Tigers without the services of Kohler, who suffered minor ligament damage in one of his ankles early in the first half and is likely out for at least a week.

"It was a physical game, partly by design on UNH's part, because it seemed they were intent on knocking our forwards around all game," Brill said, in spite of the fact that no yellow cards were assessed.

UNH scored first in the 25th minute, but Harvard's Steve Gaffney collected his first goal of the season in a goalmouth scramble 10 minutes later to make it 1-1 at halftime.

And the Crimson found it uncomfortably easy to settle into what has become a familiar pattern at the start of the second, creating many chances but taking none of them.

"We really played hard, and our intensity was there all game," Brill said. "We can't let our confidence slip just because of the way the game ended--we have the talent to play with anyone in the country."

But coming on the heels of the UConn game, where Harvard gave up a goal with under five minutes to play that tied a game it eventually lost in overtime...with ends like these, who needs enemies of a higher caliber?

"With 20 seconds to go, it seemed like everyone was waiting for overtime," Kohler said. "I guess having the time [displayed on the clock] creates more drama for the fans, but I wish we could be on the winning end of one of these so I could say how that felt."