“It’s always really hard going into a tournament and losing the first game, but I think that we’ve shown that we are a team that can come back from a loss and come back just as hard,” Molnar said.

MARIST 12, HARVARD 10

Earlier Saturday, Harvard again faced a deficit going into halftime against the No. 2 seeded team in the tournament.

Down 7-3 after the second quarter, the Red Foxes seemed poised for an easy win, but another four-score game from Kennifer, as well as two points each from Molnar and Zdrojewski, created doubts.

The Crimson grabbed a burst of energy in the third period, scoring three goals, and found itself down one in the fourth period with five minutes left on the clock. Harvard managed to score two more before time expired, but Marist grabbed three, leaving the final score 12-10 in the Red Foxes’ favor.

“It took us a little time to get our shooting down,” Purcell said, reflecting on all three of the Crimson’s games. “I think that even though [our ability to capitalize on shooting opportunities] is something we lost, it’s something that’s easily correctable. I think just this week with practice working on that, we shouldn’t have any problems in the future.”

—Staff writer Alex Sopko can be reached at sopko@fas.harvard.edu.