“Starting the second half 2-2 was like a new game,” Painter said. “We were starting at 0-0. We needed to come out hard and just get ahead.”

The senior scored her third goal of the game at 57:44 off freshman Hannah Wellington’s second assist of the evening, giving the Crimson its first lead of the game.

Harvard looked to maintain control for the remaining ten minutes, hoping to keep its opponents from scoring. The Crimson nearly accomplished this task, but with just 30 seconds left, the Bears responded and tied the game 3-3, sending it into overtime.

“It was just a simple mistake at the end,” Jacobson said. “We thought we had it. Instead of being controlled, we let up a little too much.”

While Crimson goalie Issy Davies kept the back of the net empty during the first overtime, blocking five shots on goal, Brown ended the second overtime with a shot by Jaclyn Torres to win the game.

Due to the quick turnaround, Harvard did not have much time to dwell on Saturday’s loss. The team’s thoughts went quickly to preparing for BU.

“Everyone had to visualize and focus on what they had done wrong and what they needed to work on [after Saturday’s loss],” Jacobson said. “This weekend was a lot about fixing the individual and coming together as a team.”

—Staff writer Orlea L. Miller can be reached at omiller@college.harvard.edu.