The prospects for further Harvard success in the tournament are slim at best, however. Syracuse hasn't lost--at home, on the road, anywhere. A win in the Carrier Dome this Sunday would rank as Harvard's biggest victory ever.

Against tournament participants, the Crimson owns a 2-2 record. (The Midshipmen, incidentally, are 1-3.) In its only other NCAA Tournament game, the Crimson fell to Johns Hopkins, 16-12, in the quarterfinals in 1980.

Harvard will have to be all it can be to get by Navy today. But to go further in this talent-soaked tournament, Harvard will have to be Popeye the Sailor Man.

Laxmen Honored

Harvard leading-scorer Mickey Cavuoti was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year yesterday in a unanimous vote of the league's coaches. Cavuoti, who recorded 40 points this year and helped lead Harvard into the NCAA Tournament, was also named second-team All-Ivy.

Harvard Tri-Captains Mike Bergmann (goalie) and Bill Pennoyer (defenseman) were voted onto the All-Ivy first team.

Crimson attack Dave Kramer (the team's second-leading scorer) and midfielder Perry Dodge earned honorable mention All-Ivy honors. Harvard's 1988 Results

Date  Opponent  Score  W/L 3/12  at C.W. Post  5-4  W 3/19  CORNELL  7-6  W 3/22  BOSTON COLLEGE  9-2  W 3/26  SPRINGFIELD  15-3  W 4/2  at Penn  10-15  L 4/6  VERMONT  10-5  W 4/11  ST. JOHN'S  9-3  W 4/16  ADELPHI  8-3  W 4/20  at Brown  6-9  L 4/23  PRINCETON  15-5  W 4/27  at Massachusetts  5-7  L 4/30  at Yale  11-10  W 5/4  at New Hampshire  15-4  W 5/14  DARTMOUTH  6-5  W