Tri-captain Claudia Asano started the momentumby netting a second goal for the Crimson in thefirst five minutes.

With some assertive moves from Brown andsophomore midfielder Jen Lee, the Crimson managedto set up a few promising offensive plays.

"In the second half we went out harder and wewere more aggressive," Brown said. "I mean wereally had nothing to lose and we just startedplaying a lot more together."

But the scoring drought remained as theCrimson's lack of confidence continued to resultin dropped passes and shaky stickhandling.

At the 22:15 mark, Maryland sophomore MeghanMcNamara picked up on a Crimson defender's bobblein front of the net and turned to score the firstTerrapin goal of the second half.

Responding to the Crimson's lapse inconcentration, Asano maintained the pressureagainst Maryland with some outstanding checkingfor the Crimson defense.

With the Crimson putting up more of a fight,the Terrapins only netted six in the second half.Stopping a number of powerful offensive plays, theCrimson managed to keep Maryland out of the cagefor the final nine minutes of play.

Finally with less then two minutes remaining inthe game, freshman Gretchen Puttkamer put in thethird and final Crimson goal off an assist fromfreshman Eliza Dick.

"We're lucky to have Maryland on our schedule.You couldn't have played out there withoutlearning something about flawless stickhandlingand how play incredibly hard," said Kleinfelder."It might be a hard way to learn but we learned alot today."

This season Kleinfelder has focused onscheduling top-quality teams with experience tochallenge the young team. The Crimson also playedNo. 13 Boston University last Wednesday, losing15-7.

Harvard 11, Penn 5

On Saturday, Harvard posted its first IvyLeague victory of the season, beating Penn 11-5at Ohiri.

Lee opened the scoring for Harvard, putting onepast the Quakers' goalie early on to put theCrimson on the board. Asano and sophomore LaurenCorkery added to the fuel with a goal and anassist apiece in the first 30 minutes. At the endof the half Harvard led 5-2.

The dominations continued as Harvard outscoredPenn in the second half 6-3. Both Asano and Corkerynetted a second goal.

"I see a lot of good things happening out therebut there is a lot we need to work on," saidAsano. "We went to goal well but we need to workon our midfield transition."

The Quakers were led by freshman TraciMarabella who had three goals and one assist.