Earning All-Ivy honors is not a rarity for Crimson women athletes. Last season 30 women were first-team All-Ivy selections. Among them was three-time honoree Julie Sasner.

Sasner earned Rookie of the Year honors as a freshman ice hockey player, and has improved steadily ever since. Second on the Crimson all-time scoring list with 103 points, Sasner captained the team to a first-ever Ivy title last season. She's also one of the top forwards on the women's soccer team, and earned an honorable mention for her 1986 campaign.

The women's soccer team had five players honored last season--three of them members of the Class of '88. Besides Sasner, 1987 Co-Captains Karin Pinezich and Tracee Whitley were named to All-Ivy teams. Nationally recognized as a top goalie, Whitley has earned All-America honors twice in her Harvard career.

Whitley isn't the only female Harvard athlete to catch national attention. Senior Diana Edge led the women's squash team to a national championship last season.

With many of the talented women competing in multiple sports, it's not surprising that 22 of the 25 Crimson athletes receiving varsity letters in two sports last year were women.

Besides Hayes, Baldauf, and Sasner, there was a pair of field hockey/lacrosse players--Cindi Ersek and Kate Felsen. Captains on this fall's field hockey team, the pair helped lead the lacrosse team to Ivy titles in 1985 and 1986.

The success of the women athletes in the Class of '88 is unprecedented. With the likes of such other senior standouts as Lori Barry and Cari Lyn Beck (soccer), Leelee Groome (field hockey and lacrosse), and Molly Clark (swimming), it's hard to think of another year with such a talented crop of recruits.

Unless, of course, you look to the Class of '89. Or '90.