The Rams outshot Harvard 21-15, but goalkeeper Anya Cowan, also a tri-captain, stopped 13 shots, her best effort since making 17 saves in an overtime loss to Yale last season.

Harvard took a 1-0 lead when Dick finished an assist from Kalil with 21:58 remaining in the first half, but URI's Kelly Barnowski found the equalizer with 4:42 remaining off a penalty corner assisted by Erica Coggins and Quinn Sitterly.

Harvard 9, Vermont 1

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While Jordan Field got a baptism by water, Holly Colberg got hers by fire.

In driving rain, the Crimson peppered Vermont's rookie goalkeeper with 25 shots en route to a 9-1 romp in Friday's season opener.

Four Harvard starters--Kalil, Dick, freshman midfielder Kalen Ingram and junior midfielder Liz Sarles--scored two goals apiece, while Kalil and Ingram each added a pair of assists to pace the Crimson on the brand-new synthetic turf at Jordan.

Harvard took a 3-1 lead into halftime, but four goals in the opening 6:08 of the second buried the young Catamounts (0-3), who carry nine freshmen on a roster of 20.

Ingram, who notched her first collegiate goal at 11:35 of the first half when she tucked in the rebound of Sarles's shot on a penalty corner, scored at 33:18 of the second, and Kalil followed at 31:42 to make the Crimson lead 5-1.