After the Bryant split and a swing to Hawaii over spring break where the Crimson could post only a 2-8 record, senior captain Nancy Johnson remains confident.

"We went up against some pretty tough competition in Hawaii," she said. "Basically, they are at a level that we're just not used to seeing this early in the season."

Whether conditions on the East Coast allowed the team only one practice on an outside field before heading to Hawaii.

Indoor practices at Briggs Cage and the ITT weren't enough to prepare for the Crimson for Hawaii Pacific, Hawaii-Hilo and CSU-Stanilaus, the teams which defeated Harvard on its spring tour.

In fact, if it hadn't been for tiny Chaminade, Harvard would have gone winless. The Crimson beat the school renowned in the sports world for its once-in-a-decade super upset in men's basketball 4-3 and 9-4 during the Kona Softball Classic tournament to finish in fourth place out of five teams.

Starring for the Crimson in the tournament was freshman Katina Lee, who was busy on the trip snagging balls at third base and warming up home plate with her hitting.

In her debut college performance, Lee homered against Hawaii-Pacific in three at-bats and went on to have back-to-back three-hit games during the trip. The freshman made the Ivy League Honor Roll for her performance; she went .367(11-30) with one home run and two RBI's in ten games for the week.