There are no more Harvard football practices in the Stadium.

The women's soccer and field hockey players emptied their lockers weeks ago.

The hockey season is in full swing. The men's basketball team just had its home opener. Winter sports have begun.

But the Harvard men's soccer team still isn't ready to call it quits.

The Crimson (14-0-3) left for Clemson, S.C., this morning to prepare for this weekend's NCAA Final Four at Clemson's Riggs Field. Harvard takes on San Diego St. Saturday at 1 p.m., with the host Tigers facing North Carolina at 3 p.m.

The road to the Final Four has been smooth for the booters. Harvard breezed through the regular season, capturing its first Ivy League title in 17 years. Now it's back for a second-straight trip to the semifinals.

And the Crimson isn't planning on playing only one more game this season. Harvard's been to the Final Four before--just last year, in fact. Duke downed the Crimson, 3-0, in Durham, N.C., last December.

But this weekend's airline tickets are booked for a Sunday night flight home. Harvard's not messing around. It plans on hanging around in Clemson for the entire tournament. And not to watch.

"The team's really focusing on going down there and winning the national championship," senior back Andy Dale said. "It's not just a trip to the Final Four. It's a serious bid to win."

Cruising to Clemson: Harvard's had the shortest trip to the semifinals, playing only two earlier NCAA contests. The Crimson downed the University of Connecticut, 1-0 in overtime, and crushed Adelphi, 3-0.

All three of the other teams played three-game playoff schedules, each upsetting a top-five team. San Diego St. ousted fifth-ranked SMU, Clemson topped number-one Indiana and the Tar Heels dumped third-ranked South Carolina.

Taking Stock: Paul Baverstock is on the rise in the late season. The sophomore midfielder broke open the three-way tie for second place on the Crimson scoring list with a pair of tallies against Adelphi. Baverstock now has seven goals and three assists for 17 points, three of them coming in Harvard's last three games.

Sophomore forward Dave Kramer didn't score Sunday, but he's still the Crimson's top leader with 24 points. Sophomore Nick D'Onofrio's game-winning tally puts him in third with seven goals and one assist for 15 points.

Headaches and Cold Sweats: Senior midfielder Nick Hotchkin had a pretty tough head bump in Sunday's quarterfinal contest, but it wasn't against the ball.

Hotchkin hit the ground with Adelphi defender Paul Tetlow on a close play, and Tetlow made an intentional slam against the midfielder's forehead as the pair stood up.