Harvard hopes its last-second defeat to UMass will spur the team to play with greater intensity.

"It should make us come out stronger at the beginning of the game," Harvard Co-Captain Beth Chandler said.

Skiing

The Harvard ski teams competed in an eight-team tournament last weekend to prepare for this weekend's Division II Championships.

The women captured their share of the tournament, edging out Colby, 216-214. The men placed fourth behind MIT, Bowdoin and Colby.

Amber Duncan led the women skiers, winning the 10-k crosscountry race by two-and-a-half minutes.

Spanning the Globe

One of the leading scorers for the Brown women's basketball team is Maia Baker. The junior, who had 13 points in the Crimson-Bruins match-up, is from London.

After the game, Baker spoke about the differences between American and British sports.

"In England, we have a social tea after a game. Here, it's 'them and us'," Baker said. "I'm blown over by the intensity of the competition."

Track and Field

Meets come and meets go, but some you wait for, pray for and practice long and hard for.

The Harvard track team's tri-meet against Ivy League rivals, Princeton and Yale tomorrow is one of those meets.

"This is the biggest meet of the year," sprinter and long jumper Derek Horner said. "They're extremely tough."

"H.Y.P.'s are such a rivalry," sprinter Meredith Rainey said. "People are really getting excited. We've been working hard all season and we're ready. These will be the two toughest teams we've faced so far. In order to win, we're going to have to have everybody performing and performing well."