McAnaney forged the captain connection, as she assisted a goal by Co-Captain Lisi Bailliere, before chalking up her own goal.

At 6:28, Batza bounced in the ball on a free-position shot, and Loyola ended the first-half scoring with a shot by Colleen Anderson.

In the second half, the Crimson bashed the nets again, when Julie Clifford drew the goalie out and found a hole. Clifford, who has found a new hobby in scoring, braved through checks and bounced the ball in again, with 18:02 left.

"We had some great passing combinations that enabled us to move the goalie," Joslin said, "which was important because we knew she was really strong."

Loyola, led by Sharon Jones and Janine Kormanik, fought back with its own pair of goals after 10 minutes. minutes.

But Harvard responded. French descended to goal with five minutes left, and Joslin flew down off the draw to create sparks with her bounce-shot at 4:44.

After its success in the Dartmouth game, the settled attack once again found its way into the Crimson's play.

Attacking on Target

"The attack was able to run their play, which they've been working on all season really well," Bailliere said.

Superior stick skills along with an unflagging "no guts, no glory" attitude pushed Harvard ahead of the Lady Greyhounds.

"We were just diving for everything, catching everything, intercepting, cutting off the ball," Joslin said.

The Crimson's performance against Loyola builds up the team's morale for the summit of the season--the game against Temple tomorrow at Soldiers Field.

"We've had some question marks about how stongwe can be against a good goalie, against a gooddefense, and today the attack just came through,"Goalie Kelly Dermody said. "It has to do wondersfor the team's confidence going into Sunday."

Harvard lost to Temple in the semi-finals ofthe NCAA's last year, and Temple went on to winthe tournament. This time it's not Yankee pride;it's just plain Crimson pride.

"They are a great, tough, tough team," Joslinsaid.

Specifically?

"Their stickwork is much like this team that wejust played, but their attitude is much tougherand they've got a lot of depth," Joslin explained.

But, the Crimson doesn't lose hope.

"If we've ever been ready for Temple, we'reready for them now," Coach Carole Kleinfeldersaid