The team has already lost as many games as it had all of last season.
Kicking off its road swing, the Big Green knew it would face a formidable opponent in Drexel (8-3, 0-0 CAA), the first-ranked team the Big Green have faced since falling 7-1 to then No. 6 Princeton in September.
"We knew they were very opportunistic, very good inside the attacking circle, and their defense has been pretty solid in terms of the games they've had so far," head coach Amy Fowler said. "We did some good things in the game but not enough."
Despite a focus on starting games with a high-intensity level, the Big Green conceded two early goals to the Dragons, the first coming just over a minute into the game on what was scored as an own goal.
"It's something we've been working on," Clare Detrick-Yee '16 said. "The first two goals were kind of a shock to the system. We're definitely going to continue to work on capitalizing in the first five minutes of the game."
Rebounding from a tough start, Scanlon provided one of the game's brightest moments for the Big Green, knocking home a cross from Savage in the 24th minute for her fourth goal in four games.
"Maggie's a true goal scorer," Fowler said. "She's a little unorthodox in her style of play, she gets touches when defenders don't expect her to, and I think that's why she's put points up."
Ultimately, Scanlon's effort was not enough to close a widening gap, and the Dragons emerged 6-1 victors. The home team outshot the Big Green 23-5 in the contest. Goalie Ellen Meyer '15 stopped eight shots in a losing effort.
"Although the score looks like we got man-handled, we thought we did some good things," Fowler said.
With a day off before the second game of the road-trip, the Big Green had time to refocus.
"Definitely after the Friday night loss we were just focused on moving forward," Detrick-Yee said. "We wanted to start fresh on Sunday and think about the future. Every game you play is the most important game of the season."
Against Penn (7-2, 3-0 Ivy), the Big Green started strong behind an impressive performance from Savage, whose third hat trick of the season helped the Big Green hold a 4-2 lead heading into the contest's final 10 minutes.
Unfortunately for the Big Green, the Quakers mounted a furious comeback, scoring twice in two and a half minutes to send the game to overtime, where Penn took advantage of two yellow card penalties against the Big Green to score during a passage of play that was seven on five for a 5-4 victory.
"I think we kind of let our guard down and Penn took advantage of that," Detrick-Yee said. "We definitely could have played to a higher standard and finished out the game."
The trip to Pennsylvania was the second consecutive road trip for the Big Green, who picked up two wins against the College of the Holy Cross and Brown University last week. While the trips have forced student-athletes to work effectively to complete work on the bus and during free time, this week's schedule helped as well, Brooke Van Valkenburg '16 said.
"It was definitely better to have Friday-Sunday games because Saturday we could get work done," Van Valkenburg said.
The loss complicates a path to the post-season for the Big Green, who find themselves in a tie for third place in the Ivy League with two conference losses. Last season, the Big Green finished the regular season in second place and only suffered one conference loss.
"We obviously would like to be challenging for an Ivy League title," Fowler said. "But historically, if you lose one you're barely in the mix and if you lose two you're not in the mix. We just have to move forward and we're trying to get better every day."
The Big Green will stay home to face the University of Massachusetts-Lowell on Friday in the friendly confines of Chase Field.
