"We've been spending all kinds of time on our defensive zone coverage," head coach Katey Stone said. "That's really our focus because we've got to take care of our own house before we go knocking on anybody else's door. We made some critical errors on Sunday that Brown took advantage of. However, we've been making the same errors in the three previous games and, fortunately, we didn't get stung by them."

The Crimson only scored two goals against Brown, but not because of an offensive breakdown. Harvard pelted Brown's Ali Brewer with 48 shots, 27 of which came in the third period. But Brewer, the 1998 ECAC Tournament MVP, made 46 saves en route to being named the ECAC Goaltender of the Week.

Brewer's defense allowed Brown to attack the Harvard goal with a former Olympian of its own, sophomore defenseman Tara Mounsey. Mounsey had two assists and showed that, as talented as the Crimson is this season, there are other teams to be reckoned with in the ECAC.

"If there was ever a good `bad' lesson, it was at Brown," Stone said. "We're going to get plenty of shots and plenty of scoring chances, but we have got to make sure that we don't precede the play and get to anxious to get on offense. We've got to take care of our defense and then go from there.

"We're still very young, despite the Olympic experience," Stone said. "We need to go one step at a time. We have defined kids' roles a little bit more this week so that they know exactly what is expected of them. They get a little anxious when they get a little enthusiasm and momentum going, and they feel like they can do more than they should be doing."

The Harvard players will have Yale on their minds as this is the first time Gerometta and her senior teammates will be able to attend The Game. But they are ready to avenge their loss at Brown and move up in the ECAC standings.

"If we do all the things that we do well, we will be fine," Stone said. "We need to start picking it up and changing gears. I don't think they liked the way it felt on the way home on Sunday. But I think it was good for our kids to feel what it's like to come in second and realize that they don't want to feel that way very often."

"We need to come out strong from the start," McManama said. "We did that against Providence and scored four goals in the first period and we need to do that this weekend. We didn't do that against Brown because we were sitting back on our heels, but we've learned a lot from that game and we play them again and I'm sure that we'll win next time."