Austrian and Mulvehal combined to win the number-three flight at Syracuse and the number-two flight at the Harvard Invitational. The duo posted a 13-1 record.

"The main thing we have to do is stick together as a team," Mulvehal said. "We have to keep the depth of our team strong."

"That's another part of our strength," Mulvehal added. "We feel really confident that we can win all three double matches."

Bland played third singles in the fall, but has played in the number-one spot since late fall.

Freshman Henikoff (who went 9-8 in the fall) starts the spring at the number-two position after holding down the number-one position for most of the fall.

Henikoff posted a big victory over William and Mary's number-one player in three sets to clinch the victory for Harvard at the Eastern Indoor Tournament.

Jacki Farrell (number two in the fall), deLone, Mulvehal and Austrian will jockey for the number-three through six spots. Mulvehal posted a 12-3 record in the fall. Mulvehal won the number-three singles flight at the Harvard Invitational by defeating William and Mary's number-five player. Last year, Mulvehal went undefeated in Ivy play, finishing the season with a 6-0 singles mark for the second straight year.

DeLone had a 2-1 singles record during the fall, but the freshman has gradually moved up the ladder. Farrell had a big win over Yale's number-two player, Molly Quest, at the Eastern Indoor Championships.

Austrian defeated Richmond's number-one singles player at the ITCA Rolex Regional Championship at Penn. Martha Berkman, Mimi Kaufman and Nicole Rival add to an already deep team.

During Harvard's last four NCAA apperances, it has had to face the number-one seed in the first round of the tournament. But this year, the netwomen are hoping to receive a better seed.

Besides its strong doubles teams, the Crimson has a big asset in its depth. The players are almost interchangeable from one through six in singles play.

"We have more depth than we've ever had in the past," Austrian said. "We can win down low against the top teams in the country. We can beat anybody with our depth.

Harvard's two toughest opponents in the Ivy League should be Yale and Princeton. The Crimson defeated the Elis and the Tigers by 8-1 scores in the ITCA tournament. 1988 WOMEN'S TENNIS SCHEDULE

March Sat. 26  at Cal. State Fullerton Sun. 27  Pacific (at Pepperdine) Mon. 28  U. of San Diego Tue. 29  at Pepperdine Thu. 31  at UCLA

April Fri. 1  at U.C. Santa Barbara Sat. 2  UNLV (at C.S.-Northridge) Fri. 8  COLUMBIA Sat. 9  PENNSYLVANIA Sat. 16  BOSTON COLLEGE Fri. 22  BROWN Sat. 23  YALE Wed. 27  DARTMOUTH Fri. 29  at Cornell Sat. 30  at Syracuse

May Wed. 4  PRINCETON