The goal was a back-breaker for a Crimson team that was desperately trying to level the score near the end of the game.

“We were fighting so hard and we couldn’t even get one goal and then for them to get another was really tough,” Ziomek said.

Harvard, which was ranked 16th in the first National Field Hockey Coaches Association weekly poll, surrendered more than one goal in a game for the first time this year. Maine goalie Jamie Morin made four saves, notching her third shutout of the season.

With the win, the Black Bears snapped the Crimson’s four-game season-opening winning streak and extended its own streak to four games.

“The forward line was not happy with our performance,” Lane said. “It was very frustrating for us but I think it exposed a lot of things we have to work on. We realize that we were going along pretty well and beating teams by a few goals. [This game] reinforces to us that we need to step it up if we’re going to beat all the Ivy teams.”

Harvard will return to Jordan Field Wednesday night to take on No. 6 Connecticut.

—Staff writer J. Patrick Coyne can be reached at coyne@fas.harvard.edu.