With the disappointing outcome, the team knows what it wants to work on in preparation for the rest of its matches this season. The team will be focusing on communication, aggression, and working towards coming together as a group, instead of relying on individual players.

“[We need a] whole team effort instead of individual bursts,” Haber said. “That’s what we were lacking in that game. I think part of that is learning to trust each other on the field. We may just need a bit more practice with the people in the group. It also has to come from us, the captains. That’s our job to keep the team cohesive and talking to each other and build that trust.”

The team will try to be even more cohesive on the field, a tough task for the new varsity squad that is working to include some new members in its lineup.

“We got a lot of rookies this year,” Haber said. “They’re super great and we’re really excited to have them. It’s unfortunate that [for] some of them, this was their first game to see, but they’ve been incredible. They’ve been committed, and we’re so happy to have them in the family, so we want to make sure that they see what we really can do.”

Harvard is ready for a tough week of practices as it prepares to take on Brown this weekend in yet another road contest. The Crimson also has its eyes towards some other tough teams coming up on its schedule.

“Training this week is going to be hard,” Brown said. “It’s going to be physical, and we’re going to need to get ourselves into the headspace we need to be in to take on these really tough teams. We’re probably going back to the basics, back to the drawing board on some stuff. [We need] to build up and try to find what’s going to give us success in this league.”