Climaxing its best season, the Radcliffe field hockey team trounced a powerful Yale squad, 2-0, yesterday afternoon at Soldiers Field.

The Radcliffe 11 managed the most phenomenal improvement of any Harvard team in recent years by transforming last season's 3-11 record into this year's 11-1-2 final standing.

"We were up for this game more than any other," inner Lucy Wood said last night. It showed throughout the contest as Radcliffe pounded 31 shots at the Eli net.

Gwill York slipped the ball past a surprised Yale goalie when the game was only 1 min., 30 sec., gently pushing the ball past the confused netminder who had expected a hard drive.

Radcliffe dominated play for the rest of the contest as even Eli star Ann Keating was kept well under control.

York iced the game at 21:30 of the second half on the rebound of one of Sarah Mleczko's 11 shots for the day. Mleczko received an assist.

None of the players had ever been on teams that had beaten the potent Yalies before, and it was a key "grudge match" of the season, according to Wood.

Last night eight team members went to Rye, New York to play in the Northeast College Tournament.

Anyway, those selected to the first and second teams made the trip. On the first team are Mleczko, York, Karen Linsley, Stiffie Baum and Captain Anne Depuis. Goalie Ann Seilder, Mary Howard and Susie McCune are on the second squad.

Shots on goal: It was the last regular season game for seniors Dupuis and Linsley. Last season, Linsley was the varsity field hockey team member named to the first team. Netminder Ellen Seidler turned in a flawless performance, but was seldom tested, as a swarming 'Cliffe defense blanketed the Yale attack. Mleczko, who earned a record seven varsity letters while attending Andover, spearheaded Radcliffe's attack throughout the season, although only a freshman. The J.V.'s also ended their season in spectacular fashion as they walked over the Elis, 3-0. The Radcliffe offense collected 29 shots on goal and the defense played so well that only one save was needed... Anna Jones scored the first goal midway through the first half. Nine minutes into the second half, Marsha Goldberg put the ball in on an assist by Nikki Sinek. Radcliffe closed out the scoring with Sinek's second goal at 23:00.