With the Brown zone now collapsing around Raymond, Kramer took over the Crimson scoring load with his vicious outside shot.

With 1:27 left to play in the third, Kramer whipped a shot past Ayers from the left wing. Two minutes into the fourth quarter, he again wound up and submarined a shot past Ayers, bringing the Crimson within two goals.

But once again, Miller, who made several big saves for the Crimson, got a piece of a Bruin shot, only to find the ball nestled in the back of the net. Kramer answered once more, cranking his fourth goal over Ayer's shoulder with 6:54 left to play, but the rally died there.

Obviously, the Crimson's play deteriorated during its scoreless second quarter. Coach Scott Anderson called it "too cautious." Kramer, a 1988 second-team All-Ivy performer who started in place of a limping Mickey Cavuoti, said it was "too tentative." Lux, who had four assists directing the offense, deemed it "complacent." You get the point.

"Just passing the ball around the perimeter isn't offense," Anderson said. "We didn't attack as aggressively as we should have, and we didn't shoot the ball well."

Anderson admitted that a postseason invitation was probably out of the question for his highly-touted squad.

"If we beat Yale and UMass convincingly, it's possible, but it's unlikely," Anderson said. "But that's not our only meaningful goal. Just to bounce back and play hard and show we're a good team would mean more than the concept of making or not making the playoffs." Brown  2-4-2-1--9 Harvard  2-0-3-2--7

Goals--B Jay McMahon 4, Mike Marinelli 2, Richard Tuohey, Darren Lowe, Tom Dwyer H David Kramer 4, Brad Raymond 2, Mark Donovan.

Assists-B Jamie Munro 3, Neil Munro, Dwyer, Lowe; H Steve Lux 4, Rob Griffith, Mickey Cavuoti.

Saves--B Steve Ayers 9; H Chris Miller 9.