"We have to find someone to come up and take charge. We have lots of people who can do it. The question is which one," Coach Frank Haggerty said. "We've also got to get the top four people in the top 12 or 15. If we do, I think we should do fine."

Right now, the far and away favorite is Cornell, currently ranked ninth in the nation and led by defending Heps champion Pam Hunt.

For the men, today's meet will be the last hurrah for its seniors: Bill Bland, Spencer Punter and Rob Failla. Failla will compete today inspite of an inflammation in his foot that kept the captain sidelined since the team's first meet in mid-September. (Oddly enough, that was the last time the team competed in Van Cortland Park.)

"I know that our top three are running strongly, but who's going to make up the top five is a question," Haggerty said. "There's great parity around the league, so a five second difference plus or minus could move a team three or four spots."

Salvage Operation: The Harvard women's volleyball team could use some good news. The team is currently 3-10 overall, 0-5 Ivy. It's won a total of only four games in its seven Ivy matches. And it's last win was more than a month ago.

With that in mind, the Crimson, led by Captain Michelle Carlo and junior Ngozi Ogbunamiri, goes on the road in search of its first Ivy win this weekend. Harvard plays Yale at 7 p.m. tonight and Brown tomorrow at 3 p.m.