It will come on the day of the team's first CWPA games and, according to Floerchinger, the first matches of any real consequence.

"The rest of these games have basically been tune-ups for us," Floerchinger said. "We've geared our practices more in preparation for those, and there are a few tricks we've been saving up for the rest of the league that we haven't used yet."

In the first game, Brown (2-4) gained a measure of revenge for the loss a week earlier. The Crimson's depth kept it close, as the team continued to effectively rotate men in frequently against Brown.

"We definitely wore them down," Elke said. "That worked pretty much as well as it did in the other game."

However, the Crimson offense did not deliver at key moments in the game. Harvard failed to capitalize on a number of fast breaks, including several one-on-none opportunities.

"We came into the game after a week of tough practices, and they can take their toll," Floerchinger said of the team's continued four hour per day practice schedule.

"It isn't like we were looking past Saturday, but in reality, that's the way our practices work out. We're looking at the bigger games."

Sophomore goalkeeper Paul Tselentis started both games, as junior Gresham Bayne withdrew from Saturday's action due to back spasms.