In the first half, Harvard was able to fight for rebounds and maintain possession, despite the teams' shooting troubles.

After halftime, however, the Harvard attack was not as fortunate, as the Big Green defense had more success at clearing ground balls and forcing Crimson turnovers.

Maintaining focus for the entire 60 minutes has been the biggest problem for Harvard all season.

In the first 30 minutes of its games this season, the Crimson has been as good as any team in the country.

Harvard led 7-6 going into halftime yesterday and was clearly the best team in the opening half.

Facing former No. 10 Yale earlier this year, the story was similar. Harvard led the Bulldogs 4-3 at halftime but could not hold on for the win.

The same was true in games against No. 2 Princeton and No. 10 BU, where the Crimson trailed by only two at halftime, but fell apart in the second half.

The Crimson travel to Notre Dame this weekend where they face both the Fighting Irish and ivy rival Columbia.