"I went out and unfortunately there were a lot of people, and I punched it straight out, instead of up," Gunther said. "The next girl [Sewall] trapped and shot. I blocked it but it was too point-blank for me to hold on."

It was the third time this season that the Crimson had surrendered a goal off a corner kick. No. 10 Texas A&M exploited Harvard twice in such fashion.

The goal by Lanzire was also the third goal Harvard had surrendered in Ivy play this year, matching its total from all of last season.

The Crimson controlled the ball for most of the rest of the game, tallying 11 shots and 10 corner kicks in the second half, compared to just two shots and one corner kick for Brown.

But Harvard was rarely able to get a well-struck shot on net the entire game. Too many Crimson long shots and corner kicks were shanked, and Harvard never succeeded in gaining control of loose balls inside the box.

Against Penn a week before, the Crimson had managed to struggle through adversity and come from a goal down to win, but there would be no such luck on this day.

"The whole plan was packing the box, but it didn't work," Gunther said. "I think we were sort of panicking the entire game, trying to play catch-up."