Sophomore Jay Jakimczyk will take over for Allen behind the plate.

"Jay has been looking good," Ubert said. "I feel comfortable throwing to him."

Harvard has a mix of experience in the infield Coach:  Alex Nahigian Captain:  Dan McConaghy Last Year:  (16-18, 6-8 EIBL) Home Games:  Soldier's Field The Schedule

March Sat, 25  at Univ. of Redlands  12:00 p.m. Mon, 27  Oregon State*  2:30 p.m. Tue, 28  Brigham Young*  2:30 p.m. Wed, 29  Arizona State*  2:30 p.m. Fri, 31  Washington State*  2:30 p.m.

April Sat, 1  U.C.-Riverside*  2:30 p.m. Wed, 5  at Northeastern (2)  1:00 p.m. Thu, 6  BOSTON COLL. (2)  1:00 p.m. Sat, 8  BOSTON UNIVERSITY  1:00 p.m. Tue, 11  at Tufts  2:30 p.m. Wed, 12  HOLY CROSS  3:00 p.m. Sat, 15  BROWN (2)  12:00 p.m. Sun, 16  YALE (2)  12:00 p.m. Wed, 19  at Brandeis  3:00 p.m. Sat, 22  at Navy (2)  12:00 p.m. Sun, 23  at Pennsylvania (2)  12:00 p.m. Wed, 26  M.I.T.  3:00 p.m. Sat, 29  COLUMBIA (2)  12:00 p.m. Sun, 30  ARMY (2)  12:00 p.m.

May Tue, 2  at Rhode Island  2:00 p.m. Wed, 3  PROVIDENCE (2)  1:00 p.m. Sat, 6  at Cornell (2)  12:00 p.m. Sun, 7  at Princeton (2)  12:00 p.m. Wed, 10  at Massachusetts  3:00 p.m. Sat, 13  at Dartmouth (2)  3:00 p.m.   * at U.C.-Riverside Tourney and youth in the outfield.

"The team is younger [than last year's squad],but they are experienced," Captain Dan McConaghysaid. "We have a lot of experience and youth and alot of excellent sophomores."

At the corners, senior Rick Renninger andjunior Tim Hurley play first and third base,respectively. Up the middle, junior Dave O'Connelland senior Casey Cobb make up the Crimson's 6-4double-play combination.

McConaghy anchors the outfield in centerfield.Sophomores Ted Decareau and Marcel Durand completethe outfield, along with senior Pat Sullivan andjunior utility man Tom Konjoyan.

Freshmen infielders Nick DelVecchio at first,Jim Mrowka at second, Pete Rau, who also pitches,and outfielder Dan Scanlan add to the Crimson'sdepth.

Harvard hopes to improve its .261 team battingaverage of last year. The Crimson graduated twostarting seniors, Frank Caprio and Frank Morelli,who had the second and fifth-highest battingaverages on the squad.

But the bats of McConaghy and Allen shouldspark Harvard's offense this year. McConaghy hit.303 last season with three home runs and 19 RBIsto lead the Crimson. Allen batted .287, driving in19 runs as well. Although Allen cannot catch yet,he should be available to play DH.

Renninger provides strong left-handed power.Last year, he hit .278 with two home runs and 11RBIs.

The team was inconsistent last season--when thepitchers were on, the offense went cold; when theoffense got hot, the pitchers didn't have have it,McConaghy said. The Crimson is confident that itcan avoid such letdowns this season.

"The pitching staff is deep," Allen said. "Ourtop five or six pitchers are as good as anybody.The hitting will take care of itself."