Forward Hayley Brock dribbles past a defender from The Citadel in the Terps’ 9-0 win on Aug. 23, 2013.

In a matter of three days, the Terrapins women’s soccer team went from being on a roll to facing a bunch of questions. Will it find ways to win on the road this year? Will it be able to compete against ranked teams? Will it be as solid when playing tough ACC opponents as it was against the four unranked teams it beat to open the season?

The No. 16 Terps flew to the Bay Area of California on Thursday morning with a perfect record but lost to then-No. 22 Santa Clara and No. 4 Stanford over the weekend. Still, in his second year at the helm, coach Jonathan Morgan knows it’s far too early to panic.

“It’s only a setback if we allow it to be a setback and we dwell on not getting the results,” he said.

In their 1-0 loss to Santa Clara, the Terps failed to get a shot on goal. The Broncos stacked several defenders behind the ball, making it hard for the Terps to find any openings offensively.

Even though they fell by a worse score, 3-0, at Stanford, their offense did show signs of life. They took seven shots — three on target — against one of the best teams in the nation. And while none made it past goalkeeper Jane Campbell, Morgan could see the things players need to work on, such as execution and timing of passes in the attacking zone, which could lead to aggressive players like forward Hayley Brock putting the ball in the back of the net more often.

“The scores didn’t reflect it, but in both of those games, we had most of the possession,” Brock said. “I think given another opportunity, we would’ve put away more chances.”

More than anything, Morgan believes he needs to diversify the offense. He felt that both the Broncos and the Cardinal defensively keyed on Brock, who has scored six of the team’s 18 goals this season. While Brock’s ability to be an athletic and ever-present threat is necessary for the Terps to succeed, Morgan also hopes these two losses will serve as a wake-up call and lead to other players on the offense stepping up in the future.

“She’s one of the most dangerous forwards in the country … and teams are going to design and game plan for that,” he said. “We have to figure out different ways to score goals and get goals from some other players.”

While two road losses to ranked teams may not be what the Terps had hoped for, it might be just what the team needs as it prepars to begin its ACC portion of the schedule. With 13 games left against conference foes — six of them ranked — Morgan hopes that already knowing how to play as a unit against renowned opponents while experiencing failure will pull this team together while it’s still figuring out its identity.

“These are the type of games that you have to play to learn, and I think our kids have been through this before — they understand it, and we’re going to take our lessons and get better,” Morgan said. “Obviously it’s not great on the record, but we’ve got to make this a positive thing for us.”