It was a rough weekend for the Harvard men's soccer team at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto.

On Friday night, the Crimson fell 1-0 to the host Cardinal (4-2-1). Then on yesterday afternoon, Harvard (2-5-1, 1-1 Ivy) was soundly defeated 3-0 by the No. 20 ranked California Golden Bears

(7-1-1).

Harvard continued to be overmatched by its non-conference opponents. Despite these two losses, the Crimson remains in the hunt for the Ivy League title. With its only conference loss thus far to No. 22 Yale, the team remains optimistic about its chances.

Stanford 1, Harvard 0

Harvard began its trip to California with a Friday night matchup against Stanford on the Cardinal home turf of Palo Alto. Despite potential jet lag as well as the hostile crowd, the Crimson put forth one of its best efforts of the season, hanging tough with the Cardinal for the entire match.

Harvard appeared to have a chance to come away from the Stanford game with at least a tie, even though--led by T.K. Inbody (7 shots)--Stanford dominated every aspect of the game. The Cardinal kept the ball in the Crimson end for most of the match, as it outshot Harvard 26-6 taking 16 corner kicks as compared to three for Harvard.

The story, however, was the spectacular play of sophomore goalkeeper Mike Meagher. Meagher stopped eleven Cardinal shots to keep the game close for Harvard.