PROVIDENCE, R.I.--In a match that often looked like a sluggish Crimson shooting drill, Harvard blanked Brown 4-0 in front of a crowd of 200 to capture its fourth Ivy crown in five years.

Senior midfielder Ashley Berman found senior forward Gina Foster in a crowd at the back post on a corner kick, and Foster touched it to freshman forward Beth Totman for a one-timer it from only five yards out to put the Crimson ahead for good in the 11th minute.

Harvard (14-1-1, 7-0 Ivy), which got a bye into the second round of the NCAAs, will next play the winner of Fairfield and Boston University this Sunday at Ohiri Field at 1 p.m. Brown (3-12-2, 0-6-1) now returns to the books and will begin a rebuilding process for next season.

Both teams looked lethargic in warm-ups, as they traded yawns before the 11:00 a.m. kick-off. When the whistle blew, Harvard was caught off-guard by a confusing Brown formation.

While Harvard anticipated that Brown would pack the defensive end against a potent Crimson offense, the Bears decided to leave the midfield thin and send a number of players forward.

"They played a formation that were had never really seen before, where they packed in the defense and pushed a lot of people up high," co-captain Beth Zotter said. "That left the midfield basically empty of Brown players."

The result was early kick-and-run play from the Bears, which had a couple shots in the first ten minutes. Once Harvard realized its match-ups, however, it only took a few minutes to settle the play and move in on the Brown goal.

Pressure on the Bears net was constant and controlled throughout the match. Although Brown tended to get all of its chances off of transition, the Crimson built slowly up the field and often walked the ball into the box, creating a number of dangerous scoring chances that missed the frame.