"We are not the same team as last year," Delaney Smith said. "We are much deeper, more athletic, and there is a lot of team chemistry."

Delaney Smith attributes much of the team's successes so far to the six freshmen on the roster.

"They went on the floor in the last seven minutes [of the Army game] and they just dominated," she said.

"The freshman have contributed a lot of depth," senior captain Tammy Butler said.

"It has been a total team effort. Look across the boards at the stats and you see three, four or five people in double digits."

Following competition this weekend, the squad will prepare for a meeting at Providence Wednesday. The Friars, members of the Big East Conference as well, were also not on the Crimson's schedule last season.

Then the team will travel to Fairfield, Conn. to participate in the Warner's Classic next weekend. Harvard will face another local school, Boston University, in the first round of that two-day tournament.

The Crimson defeated B.U., 83-67, last year. Butler--the nation's fifth-leading rebounder last season--led the charge against the Terriers, scoring a team-high 17 points and pulling down 11 boards. She contributed to the team's second-highest point total of the season.

Ivy League competition opens in January when the Crimson will visit Penn and Princeton, Jan. 7-8.