Junior Jose Busquets led his team with 11 goals in the two games, including a six-goal, four-assist effort against St. Francis. Co-captain Jeff Zimmerman totaled nine goals and four assists.

Coupled with sophomore Alex Kim (six goals against St. Francis), freshman Dan Arbelaez (two goals) and sophomore Julian Alexander (four goals against Queens), Freed is putting together one of the more potent offenses in the East.

"Certainly, this is the kind of offense we expect to put together for every game," Freed said. "But I am quite pleased."

This weekend's games will affect (presumably positively) the Crimson's seeding in the New England playoffs in late October.

W. Volleyball

A bright light is shining: In one weekend, the Harvard women's volleyball team nearly equaled its win total of last year.

The hosts of this weekend's Harvard Invitational blew through the tournament's round-robin first round, defeating Northeastern (3-1) and Dartmouth (3-0) before falling to Holy Cross (3-1).

In the semifinals, the Crimson topped the Big Green again, 3-0, before running out of steam and losing a fourth-game lead and the match to Northeastern in the finals, 3-2.

Harvard (3-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy) can tie last year's win total with a win over Boston College tomorrow. The 1992 Crimson won just four matches, and none in the Ivy League.

But with a new players and a new coaching staff, the Crimson passed its first real test--and then some.

"We were really excited about this weekend," said co-captain Jennifer Garcia. "The biggest change for us has simply been the attitude. Last year, if we had gotten down, we would have quit fighting.

"I think a lot of people thought we would be really bad this year," she added. "We were just really, really excited that we could do it."