Grim views her role on the team as more of a stabilizer than a motivator. "Being in the backfield, I can see the whole field," Grim says. "I can use my steady stick to settle the ball from the back of where the action is. In doing this, I can settle the team down as well if necessary."

"Jane provides us with a steady and even-keeled element," says Felsen, who describes her own style of play as "vocal and aggressive."

She adds, "[Grim's] low-key approach from the backfield creates a good balance for the team and contrasts what the opponents see with Cindi and me up front."

Felsen, who first played the sport in her fifth-grade gym class, also agrees with her fellow tri-captains about the importance of the team's trip to Holland. "The team unity ran a little deeper just because we were in a foreign country and so far away from home," she says. "Because of this, we grew together and became more of a unit."

Felsen, who leads the team with four goals, says her family has prepared her well for the leadership role. She is the eldest of four children and her father was a three-sport athlete at Haverford College.

Following her father's lead, Felsen played three sports at Germantown Friends School and was captain of the varsity basketball team before coming to Harvard and devoting herself to field hockey and lacrosse.

When they graduate this spring, all three will miss the camaraderie and competition of the sport. However, achieving their ultimate goal--a firstever Ivy title--is within reach this season. After a 1-0 victory over Penn in the Crimson's first league game, all the players are looking forward to the challenge of capturing the elusive title.

Says Ersek: "We all want those Ivy League rings on our fingers."