As the sun begins to shine again in Cambridge, Harvard athletes begin to abandon the confines of Hemenway Gymnasium, Blodgett Pool and Briggs Cage for the fresh smell of grass at Soliders Field.

But the squash courts still echo at Hemenway with sounds of yet another successful season for the Harvard women's squash team.

Rarely does a team accomplish everything that it expects in a season. But for the second straight year, the Harvard women's squash team did just that.

"It was a good season," Harvard Coach Steve Piltch said. "The team worked hard all year. I was very pleased by their performance."

Like last season, the Crimson not only went undefeated in season play (7-0 overall, 5-0 Ivy), but cruised all the way to the Triple Crown of squash, winning the seven-woman, nine-woman and Ivy titles.

"It was a great season," junior Sheila Morrissey said. "It's going to be a little tougher next year, but we're all looking forward to it."

The Crimson won 47 individual matches, while dropping only eight en route to its fourth national title.

Harvard also captured its second straight Howe Cup Tournament at Yale in February, snagging the seven-woman championship for the fourth time since the honor was created in 1976.

"It was a really good season," said Co-Captain Lucy Miller. "We pretty much knew what we could do, and we did it."

The racquetwomen knew the potential they had, especially after trouncing their first four opponents by a combined 23-4 count. Bowdoin (8-1), Brown (7-2) and second-ranked Trinity all took severe falls.

Harvard then recorded an 8-1 victory over a much-improved Penn squad, before exams and reading period interrupted its schedule.

At the Howe Cup, the racquetwomen had to fight off some tough opponents and a three-week layoff.

They did both, besting. Yale, Brown, Trinity and Dartmouth all by 7-0 scores.

Harvard then defeated Franklin and Marshall, 6-1, and earned the title with a 5-2 defeat of Princeton.

Co-Captain Diana Edge received the Betty Ritchie Award, an honor symbolic of an all-around outstanding person in the world of women's inter-collegiate squash. Edge was selected by the nation's coaches and team captains.