Sometimes it's just not your day.

At Ohiri Field on Saturday afternoon the Harvard men's lacrosse team squandered an early three-goal lead, to eventually fall to No. 19 Yale, 9-5. The Bulldogs outscored the Crimson 7-1 in the second half.

Once again the key to the loss was the lack offensive production for Harvard.

"As has been the case all year long, or defense has played well, but our offense hasn't," sophomore attackman Dana Sprong said.

After an early goal to open the scoring by the Bulldogs (7-5, 4-2 Ivy), the Crimson (3-8, 1-4) seemed to take command of the contest. Sprong knotted the match at one late in the first quarter.

Then in the second frame, Harvard began to take command. Freshman midfielder Michael Baly beat Bulldog goalie Joe Pilch to give the Crimson a 2-1 lead.

Sophomore midfielder Roger Buttles then added two more goals of his own, extending Harvard's lead to 4-1.

The Bulldogs, however, were not about to pull out the white flag.

Freshman attackman Brian Hunt got one by junior goalie Keith Cynar for Yale, as the Elis headed into the intermission trailing only 4-2.