Freshman forward Heather Gotha finished up the scoring for the Crimson, dodging her way through the arch then finding the way to the net for her unassisted goal.
"We are all frustrated, I don't think we played to our potential," Brown said.
"We are a good team," Ficociello said. "Today's showing was nothing close to what we can do."
The Crimson has the rest of the season to make adjustments based on this weekend's opener.
"We walked away with many benefits from this game," Brown said. "We learned a lot, hopefully we can use this experience right away."
Having the freshman core of the team getting the nerves of its first intercollegiate game out of the way might end up offsetting any negative effects from the loss.
Also, providing that the weather improves, Harvard will get more full-field practices rather than the cramped, partial-field practices the team has been forced to have indoors at Lavietes Pavilion.
"Not practicing on a full field has been hurting us," Brown said.
The Crimson will face B.C. at Bentley College in Waltham Wednesday, at 3:30 p.m.
"B.C. is a young team too," Ficociello said. "I think we can redeem ourselves on Wednesday."