Completing the less-than-ideal picture, several of Harvard’s swimmers were exhausted by the time the final game began.

With the hustle and bustle of the hotel and different individuals banging on their doors, many players did not fall asleep until 3 a.m.

Finishing the previous night’s games around 10:30 p.m. and beginning the next morning before 8 a.m. left little room for rest and mental preparation.

“People were a little bit worn out and tired from the night before and I think that’s why the team didn’t play as well together,” Kennifer said.

With a weakened attack and the errors mounting, the Crimson never really stood a chance.

Brown seized the momentum in a way uncharacteristic of prior games between the two squads, scoring early and never looking back.

“Brown just had a lot of momentum from the beginning, which is pretty rare,” Falkner said. “Usually we stay close with them for the first half or so.”

Group Play

Harvard’s performance on Saturday was precisely the opposite of Sunday’s showing against Brown, as the Crimson easily brushed aside sixth-seeded Queens College and ninth-seeded Connecticut College.

“We basically had to place in the top four to advance to Easterns [which Harvard will host],” Kennifer said. “So we had to beat Connecticut and Queens. We went in with a little more caution than we normally do so we’d be able to play at our own tournament. We were really trying to prove that we knew exactly what we were doing on offense.”

The Crimson grabbed the momentum early on Saturday, rolling over the Camels for the third time this season in a 7-1 victory.

As in the teams’ past meetings, the outcome was virtually never in doubt, with Harvard dominating the entire way.

Crimson coach Jim Floerchinger repeatedly rotated through his lineup, substituting six swimmers at once on occasion to guarantee each was rested for the remaining games.

And while the team has utilized jumbled lines as in the past, the gravity of the game led Floerchinger to stop short of swapping goalies with field swimmers and vice-versa.

“We were able to get all our players in,” Falkner said. “We did switch lineups a lot. We gave everyone a lot of rest.”