After faltering in their respective season openers, the Harvard men's and women's lacrosse teams breathed life into their 1982 campaigns with successful spring tours.

The laxwomen, who traveled to exotic and far-off Philadelphia, spent their break accumulating a 4-1 record, dropping only a 10-2 decision to Temple on April Fool's Day.

Despite the setback to the highly touted Owls, the Crimson managed to subdue tenacious Penn and Princeton squads, 8-7 and 13-5, respectively, knocking out its strongest competition for the Ivy League championship.

Ursinus and Maryland, who lost many of the big guns that made them two of the three top teams in the country last year, also fell to the laxwomen by scores of 12-9 and 6-3.

Led by Co-captain Charlotte Worsley, the rejuvenated defense held its opponents to 5.6 goals a game. Worsley was as stingy as ever in front of the Crimson net, turning away 71 percent of her opponents' shots on goal.

Continuing the scoring traditions of the past two years, Maureen Finn contributed 16 goals and two assists, while Francesca Den Hartog added 14 tallies and three assists to pace Harvard's offense.

Freshman Alicia Carillo, who replaced Lilli Pew at third home after the William and Mary loss, launched her Harvard career with an impressive campaign that included seven assists.

Meanwhile, the laxmen hung around Cambridge and went 2-1, dropping their first contest of the break to perennial Ivy League champ Cornell, 13-5, but coming back to defeat B.C., 12-7, and Penn, 11-5.

From the fourth quarter of the Cornell game on, the Crimson seemed like a new team. No longer were they fumbling on defense, losing the ball at midfield, and shooting wildly. The team began playing with new confidence, picking up ground balls and maintaining possession of the ball with crisp and accurate passing.

The Crimson beat the Eagles and the Quakers with a balanced attack and superb passing in front of the net. In the fourth stanza of the contest with the Big Red, freshman Rob Hawley exploded for three goals, while Captain Mike Davis scored a hat trick against B.C. and Hawley's classmate. Steve Bartenfelder, racked up five tallies in Harvard's victory over the Quakers.

Senior Norm Forbush, last year's leading scorer, attributes the Crimson's new-found success to the maturation of the freshmen.

"The freshmen have got more confidence." Forbush said. "With Hawley and Bartenfelder around, it takes a lot of the pressure off me."