After registering only eight shots in the first half, the Crimson tested Yale goalie Eric Wenzel only 14 times in the second.

Yale got 39 shots on the day. It was the third straight game in which Harvard's opponent outshot the Crimson by 15 or more.

"I guess defenses that we have run against in the last week or so have given us problems," Primm said. "Once the defense has scouted our system and seen it before running against us they seem to know how to get the team out of our rhythm by pressuring the ball and cutting off the passes."

Around the cage, the Crimson has had difficulty running through its cycle of passes and getting a strong, open shot on the opposing net. Against Princeton last weekend, the Crimson was rushed around the cage and rarely found the uncontested shot.

"We're not getting the passes that we need to all the time; we're not really moving the ball as quickly as we need to all the time, "Primm said. "We have not adjusted that well to the pressure by other defenses."

Freshman attackman Jay Wich started the second half after a pass from Primm, but Yale answered with a scream, beating Harvard senior goalie Keith Cynar five times before the Crimson scored again.

At that point it was 15-3 with 5:05 left, and junior attackman Roger Buttles' goal only slowed the imminent loss. Buttles' classmate and linemate Dana Sprong finished the game's scoring with a strike at 2:29 left in the fourth.