Not everything is going perfectly for the Harvard women's basketball team.

You see, Nancy Cibotti, the team's leading rebounder, took her orgo final yesterday and, well, she said "it didn't go very well."

But besides worrying about that sort of chemistry, the squad is one happy bunch.

"Barb[arann Keffer] came up to me, it was before the Penn game," recalls Co-Captain Anne Kelly. "She said, 'Anne, I've never felt this way since high school. I feel like we're going to win.'"

"It was great because I knew exactly how she felt. Everyone knew [before the Penn game] we were going to win. It's confidence I've never seen before in these people," the three-year team member said.

The cagers did roll over Penn (Friday night) by 16 points and then came back the following night with a 62-54 triumph over Princeton.

Confidence--and a whole lot of sweat--has turned the Crimson women's basketball program around this year, making it possibly the Harvard sports story of the year.

In the past six seasons, the women's squad had not managed a winning season.

Chandler Honored

Harvard women's basketball forward Beth Chandler was named Ivy League Player of the Week Monday for her performance off the bench in the Crimson's weekend sweep of Penn and Princeton.

The Branford, Conn., native scored 16 points against the Quakers and 14 versus the Tigers to pick up the first Player of the Week award ever won by a women cager.

Chandler also grabbed 15 rebounds, blocked four shots, and shot 9-for-16 from the floor.

This year, with 10 games to go, the team has collected its most Ivy League wins (four)--ever.

This year, Beth Chandler (see box) became the first Harvard player to be named Ivy Player of the Week--ever.

And this year, Harvard may snag its first Ivy League basketball title--ever.